Southern California is continuing to shake. More than 3,000 earthquakes have hit the region in the last few days. The largest, a massive one at 7.1 magnitude, on Friday night, rolled through Los ...

Lucy Jones is often the first person you see on TV after an earthquake, explaining why your bookshelf just waltzed across the living room. The seismologist and CalTech professor is the founder of the ...

The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in central Illinois overnight Monday, May 12, with more than 120 people reporting they felt it as of Tuesday morning. The quake ...

Communities in Japan's northern and eastern areas are preparing for a possible mega quake after a powerful tremor earlier ...

California is the most earthquake-prone state in the United States after Alaska. There is no shortage of quakes that have devastated areas of our Golden State. Many may recall the 1994 Northridge ...

Most Californians are familiar with earthquakes. But researchers say the state faces an overlooked threat: "supershear" earthquakes that move so fast they outrun their own seismic waves. Subscribe to ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Executive Order 25-22 which is designed to help make sure the government can respond when Oregonians need help most, according to a release from her office. The executive ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — An 8.7 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Russia posed a tsunami threat to the Hawaiian Islands on Tuesday, July 29. While details are still being confirmed, Hawaii ...

Salt Lake City, and most of Utah’s population, sits on one of the largest normal faults in the world, the Wasatch Fault. According to a 2016 report, there’s a 57% chance of a magnitude 6 or greater ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says it is raining and snowing in areas affected by the powerful earthquake that struck off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture on Monday.