KARNES COUNTY, Texas – A 3.3-magnitude earthquake was reported in Karnes County, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS said the earthquake happened around 1:30 p.m. Saturday approximately 13 miles south-southwest of Nixon, Texas. The earthquake’s depth was 3.6 miles.

INYO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 3.1 magnitude quake was reported close to Coso Junction Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Every Sept. 19, residents of Mexico City ask themselves an unsettling question: “Is the ground shaking?” On that day 40 years ago, at 7:19 a.m., a 8.1-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks left the Mexican capital devastated.

A powerful magnitude 7.8 aftershock off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that arose from July’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake is raising concerns about possible tsunami impacts, although risk appears to be wan

The tiny North Carolina mountain town of Rosman experienced its 11th small earthquake of the year on Saturday, federal seismologists said. A 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered at 12:46 a.m. about 7 1/2 miles west of the Transylvania County town of about 730 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake has caused scattered damage in a coastal town in Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake in Transylvania County early Saturday. Officials said the 1.7-magnitude quake struck at a depth of zero kilometers 7.9 miles west of Rosman, NC and 29.9 miles northwest of Easley, SC at 12:46 a.m.

Scientists recreated earthquakes in the lab to uncover how quake energy is split between heat, shaking, and rock damage.