On July 29, 2025, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was so powerful that it ranks as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded by modern instruments. Using this giant earthquake as a learning opportunity, researchers at ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck beneath the seafloor near the remote village of Atka in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands on May 22, 2026, sending seismic waves rippling through one of the most active tectonic boundaries on Earth.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the Jordan-Syria region on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Whether you feel shaking from an earthquake largely depends on three major factors -- magnitude, distance and local soil conditions. Magnitude refers to the strength of the quake. The closer your location to the epicenter, the more likely you'll feel the ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA - A 3.1 magnitude quake occurred close to Loma Linda on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor shook the area at 5:53 a.m. It occurred at a depth of 3 miles with the epicenter approximately 4 miles ...

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Riverside County Saturday afternoon. The quake struck at 4:37 p.m., roughly 4 miles north of Banning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at a depth of roughly 5.8 miles beneath the Earth’s ...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck beneath the Bismarck Sea coast near Lae, Papua New Guinea, early on July 1, 2026, rattling one of the country’s most populated urban centers. The quake hit at 03:14 UTC at a depth of 103 kilometers,

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake occurred close to Brawley around midnight Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A tremor struck the area at 12:35 a.m. The earthquake's epicenter was about 2 miles west-southwest of Brawley and ...