Four earthquakes up to magnitude 4.0 shook Louisiana, raising questions about hidden faults, seismic risks, and the region’s rarely studied geology.

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to destroy his house: "Earthquake, most dread of all shocks ...

Over the past few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents. The magnitude 4.9 quake reported about 12 miles north of Indio the evening ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A 4.1 magnitude earthquake was confirmed in East Tennessee Saturday morning near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line by the U.S. Geological Survey. Although for the ...

Earthquake rattles New York’s Westchester County outside NYC - ...

A small 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck near San Ramon, California, late Monday night local time, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, about 2.5 miles from San Ramon, and the quake’s ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...