The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to ...

South Carolina community hit with a 3.0 magnitude earthquake. How often do earthquakes occur in the Palmetto State?

Did you feel the earthquake that was recorded near Lexington Thursday afternoon? You can report it to the USGS.

A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude struck the north coast of the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, on Sunday, 2, ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook parts of Southern California on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 12 miles northeast of Indio at around 5:56 p.m. PT. It caused ...

In a world-first use of medical imaging technology, scientists have revealed the earthquake-generating potential of faults in the Hamilton and Hauraki areas. The study shows that hidden geological ...

Indonesia's East Priangan region was rocked by a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 early Wednesday morning, ...

The recent 3.5 magnitude earthquake was likely an aftershock of the 2020 quake in Magna, according to seismologists.

Nine of the 11 earthquakes recorded in South Carolina in 2026 have happened in February, according to the USGS.

When tens of thousands of earthquakes shook Santorini, the cause wasn’t just shifting tectonic plates—it was rising magma. Scientists tracked about 300 million cubic meters of molten rock pushing up ...

With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we look at the history of earthquakes in South Carolina. Why do ...

The study of earthquakes called Seismology, relies on the fact that different materials within the Earth react differently to ...