Powerful Earthquake Strikes New Zealand, Killing 2
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck just after midnight in a mostly rural area close to the city of Christchurch, but appeared to be more strongly felt in Wellington.
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The magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck just after midnight in a mostly rural area close to the city of Christchurch, but appeared to be more strongly felt in Wellington.
A moderate earthquake struck Argentina hours after a deadly quake hit New Zealand Sunday, the USGS reported.
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Saturday, but no damage or casualties were reported.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world's key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central Oklahoma city.
Residents in Mendocino County were woken up by an early morning earthquake on Thursday.
New research suggests oil drilling decades ago may have triggered earthquakes in the Los Angeles region, including the 1933 quake that killed more than 100 people.
Three earthquakes have struck Monterey County since Sunday. The biggest was a magnitude 3.3 near King City on Monday morning.
The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 was the strongest to strike the country in nearly 36 years, hitting a mountainous region northeast of Rome.
There's a new shame campaign in San Francisco to force building owners to make their buildings safer In the event of an earthquake.
A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people.
The most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco Bay Area is connected to another, which means both could rupture simultaneously and unleash major devastation, a new study finds.
The deadly 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake remains etched in the memories of those who lived through it.
Two small earthquakes struck Saturday morning off the coast of San Mateo County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Eruptions at the Colima volcano in western Mexico continued Saturday, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from the mountain's slopes.
The warning follows a series of small temblors deep under the Salton Sea, located on the 800-mile-long San Andreas fault.
California emergency management officials say automated earthquake warnings could begin within the next one to two years.
A small quake rattled through the Alum rock area in south San Jose early Wednesday, but caused no damage, authorities said.
A series of minor earthquakes has rattled a rural area of Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border.
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake awakened Oakland residents early Tuesday morning, but caused no reported damage.
Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey have come up with a bang-up experiment to see if the Hayward Fault has dangerous connections to other East Bay faults.
A 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma is calling attention to fracking and the disposal of oil and gas field wastewater deep underground.
One of the largest earthquakes on record in Oklahoma rattled the Midwest on Saturday from Oklahoma to Iowa.
A moderately strong earthquake struck off the Northern California coast Friday evening, the USGS reports.
New Zealand authorities canceled a tsunami warning after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the South Pacific nation.
The magnitude-4.5 quake struck Sunday afternoon near the small towns of Hayfork and Mad River.
