New York City was rattled harder than some surrounding areas during last April’s northeast earthquake because of a dangerous, newly discovered fault line that sits at a rare angle — and it ...

Residents in California experienced a swarm of five earthquakes within the last 48 hours. A 4.4-magnitude was felt in the ...

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Malibu on Saturday afternoon, the latest temblor this month to rumble along the Southern California coast. But in contrast to most of the Malibu ...

Texans were rocked by a "notable" 5.1 magnitude earthquake—one of the strongest in the state's history—on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake struck in Martin ...

Earthquakes are caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. They can strike without warning and can occur at any time. In the U.S., 45 states and territories are at ...

The earliest scientists first observed the waves that earthquakes produce before they could accurately describe the nature of earthquakes or their fundamental causes, as discussed in Lessons 1–5.

California is preparing for the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill, emphasizing the importance of preparedness. It’s not your imagination: The ground beneath Southern California has been ...

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys ...

Turkey will need a smaller budget next year to meet the cost of damage from the 2023 earthquake and the needs of affected people as the majority of planned funds have already been allocated ...

Earthquakes regularly rattle our planet, striking somewhere in the world every hour of every day. Such events are the result of the slow-motion march of tectonic plates that build stresses in ...