About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. A quick guide to how they are measured. Earthquakes happen all the time, ...

A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

But not all earthquakes are created equal and the ground you walk on can make all the difference. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Saturday, June 28th 2025 ...

A remote island in Japan was jolted by more than 900 earthquakes in the span of one week, according to the weather agency, ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...

About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. A quick guide to how they are measured.

Supershear earthquakes are more likely to happen along long, mature faults like the San Andreas, where many years of activity have ground away a lot of the twists and bumps that might slow down an ...

The cluster of quakes, all close together both in time and in place, is what scientists call a "swarm." Yet another quake hit Plainfield early Thursday -- this one a 2.2 magnitude temblor.

Earthquakes can be like Jell-O. A simple, yet often used analogy is that if you’re sitting in a valley or basin it acts like a bowl of Jell-O and it will shake more than surrounding rock. But ...

The researchers found that approximately 30% of all earthquakes from 1980 to 2016 near the Missouri-Kentucky border, all magnitude 2.5 or greater, were likely aftershocks from the three major ...