A 5.4-magnitude earthquake was reported in Alaska on Thursday (October 30), according to the United States Geological Survey.

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Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Turkey on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor ...

Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether ...

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Recent studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault reveal new information about fault behavior--changing our understanding of the potential for damaging earthquakes. The studies were ...

If you missed the three earthquakes off Rhode Island last weekend, don't feel bad. They happened while many Rhode Islanders were sleeping, and they weren't strong enough to knock the alarm clock off ...