A 6.0-magnitude earthquake was reported in Alaska on Thursday (November 27), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered near Willow, at a depth of 69.4 kilometers (about 43 miles). The USGS said it received 6,827 reports of people having felt the earthquake as of Wednesday afternoon.

Scientists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory had been collecting data and forming a hypothesis that Kilauea’s south flank could produce a large earthquake soon. The 1975 earthquake occurred on November 29th, while their findings were waiting to be printed.

According to the United States Geological Survey, USGS, an earthquake was detected in Kershaw County Friday morning.

Whenever a major earthquake strikes, the following question tends to come up: Is that sort of quake possible in the Bay Area? The answer comes down to how the Bay Area's earthquake faults are configured versus what we see in places like Russia where an 8.8 ...

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A cluster of earthquakes shook parts of the Sonoma County region Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which tracks seismic activity.As of 7:24 a.m., there have been at least five earthquakes, with the first one occurring at 5:40 a.m ...

Chances of aftershocks remain this morning following another earthquake in Bergen County, the second in just days. Tuesday around noon a magnitude 2.7 occurred near Hillsdale, which is likely an aftershock from the magnitude 3.0 near Hasbrouck Heights ...

A series of earthquakes hit off the coast of Taiwan Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ). The quakes measured at 4.5 and 4.6 magnitude strength and struck 16.15 miles, about 26 km, and 16.7 miles, about 27 km, east-northeast of Hualien City, the USGS map shows.