A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

When it comes to natural or “weather-related hazards”, in Missouri, we think of thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes. But there is one that is less common and lies beneath the surface—earthquakes. The ...

More than 1,350 earthquakes hit Mount Rainier between July and August. A swarm of earthquakes near a volcano can happen for several reasons. A team of scientists collected data from Rainier to ...

Earthquake myths have circulated in the state for decades. We looked into them.

Prologue -- What are earthquakes like? : Some typical earthquakes : New Madrid--1811-12 ; San Francisco--1906 ; Kwanto, Japan--1923 ; Grand Banks--1929 ; Long Beach ...