Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

A light, 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck in Louisiana on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 5:30 a.m. Central time about 6 miles west of Edgefield, La.

A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m.

Earthquakes occur several hundred times a day, every day, all over the globe. But most are only of a magnitude 2 or smaller, and rarely felt. It is only the notable earthquakes, usually of a magnitude ...

A recent report reveals the spots most vulnerable to earthquakes, with California dominating the top 10.

A minor earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 struck Northern California on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 6:48 a.m. Pacific time about 5 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A California Geological Survey map released earlier this year depicts just how intense and damaging the shaking from future ...

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the possible ...