Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

California is riddled with a number of fault lines that frequently cause earthquakes, including Arrowhead, Waterman Canyon, ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was detected in western Texas Friday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquake happened around 10:23 p.m. MT, nearly 33 miles northwest of Toyah, Texas, about 190 miles from El Paso.

A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

PM last night, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Borderland and southern New Mexico, with tremors felt across multiple communities. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake's ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake.

SINGAPORE: Morning commuters on Monday (Feb 10) were hit by a delay on the North-East Line (NEL) due to a signalling fault at Buangkok MRT station. The disruption lasted for over an hour ...

Instead, the earthquakes appear to align with faults lying between Santorini and the neighbouring island Amorgos. Nearby faults are known to have produced earthquakes before. For example ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, causing tsunami alerts to be raised for a dozen islands, with other Caribbean nations on high alert due to the potential ...