A 2.4 earthquake was reported in Georgetown, Ohio on Thursday. No damage was reported as it was a low-intensity quake.

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

A social media video claims to show footage taken as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Oregon’s coast — but on closer inspection, no one in the video seems to be affected by the temblor except the ...

Similar quakes in the region in the future, a seismologist warned, "could maybe focus energy toward population centers." ...

Earthquake monitors detected a sizable shake about 170 miles off the Oregon coast near Bandon on Wednesday afternoon, but no ...

According to the USGS, fracking, mining and building dams have all been attributed to induced seismicity, where an earthquake is caused by human activity. In the south-central United States ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...

A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in ...

The report found a magnitude 7.2 quake could damage more than 6,100 buildings, displace a third of residents and workers and cause up to $17 billion in damage.

The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Seismologists believe a recent uptick in earthquake activity off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is likely associated with the movement of magma beneath an underwater ...