About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden movements underground with tectonic plates. Seismographs are used by scientists to measure the time, location and strength of an earthquake.

A strong, 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor ...

The intensity of an earthquake is often measured using the Japanese seismic intensity scale, which categorizes tremors from 1 to 7. In this case, the earthquake was classified as a level 3, indicating ...

Starting in the New Year, the price of some precious metals, and coins like gold and silver, could go way up in Washington state. Montana felon arrested three times in Clallam County faces drug ...

In this instance, the earthquake's magnitude was recorded at 1.8, a level considered minor and typically not causing significant damage. The maximum intensity of 1 observed in Fukushima indicates that ...

Expert urges quake preparedness for Karachi, says city sits near three-plate junction and multiple fault lines ...

According to a geological survey report, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the coastal side of Peru on Sunday, December ...

SOMONAUK - At 2:53 A.M. a 3.4 magnitude earthquake, originating about 1.2 miles northwest from the Village of Somonauk, shook communities in south Dekalb county. On their earthquake intensity scale, ...

Japan was struck by a new 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday morning, hitting a similar area of the Pacific coast to Monday night’s powerful 7.5-magnitude tremor. The new quake off Aomori prefecture ...

Earthquake tremors were felt in Himachal Pradesh in the morning. The intensity of the earthquake in Dharamshala was recorded ...