Last night’s strong and shallow 5.3 quake was felt by more than 23,000 people: mostly across the lower North Island. A ...

Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a ...

Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock ...

Taupō residents were feeling nervous today after a “swarm” of more than 50 earthquakes were recorded in the area overnight.

The largest known New England earthquakes were a 6.5-magnitude in 1638 centered in Vermont or New Hampshire, and a 5.8-magnitude centered offshore from Cape Ann in 1755, which resulted in severe ...

while doing so I started to suspect it might be an earthquake. Glad it was ‘only’ that!” “There are small faults around us. They are not major plates that cause big earthquakes.

An earthquake was reported in Elgin, South Carolina, early Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey confirmed a ...

An uptick in seismic activity on the volcanic island of Santorini has raised concerns about a potential eruption.

Some scientists believe that animals can detect earthquakes before they happen—and this U.S. species might be one of nature’s ...

A light but rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Maine on Monday morning, according to the United ...