Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and a historic event on the East Coast earlier in 2024. Strong earthquakes can lead to ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

Researchers are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes earthquakes in the first place. Findings published in Nature by a team of Brown-led researchers challenge traditional ...

Why do earthquakes happen? And how do we stay safe? Here's a brief explainer on how earthquakes begin, the worst quakes in California history and how to stay safe if one hits your town.

Devastating earthquakes happen every year, and it's difficult to predict when they will happen. But they do follow one ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey and affected nearby states on Friday morning, leaving people on the East Coast and the ground trembling. The quake was reported around 10:23 a.m. about 5 ...

When an earthquake strikes, many assume the danger ends once the main tremor stops. But in reality, earthquakes rarely ...

In October 2012, Italian courts convicted six scientists and a government official—all members of the National Commission for ...

SNYDER, Texas — At 10:38 p.m. Monday, the ground began to rumble in West Texas. The real action was nearly five miles below the surface, where a 4.9-magnitude earthquake happened just west of the ...

In 1979, the University of Minnesota’s Harold Mooney estimated that Minnesota’s average recurrence rate for a magnitude 4 ...