Scientists have issued a warning after a 620 mile crack spanning British Columbia to Alaska, known as the Tintina fault line, is showing signs of activity.

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar on 28 March 2025 caused widespread damage and over 3,800 fatalities, and also ...

Southern California was rocked by a trio of earthquakes in just hours. Two of the quakes struck in 10 minutes, with tremors ...

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Riverside County on Friday morning. The epicenter was in the Valle Vista community near ...

Some earthquakes are followed by a larger earthquake, in which case the first quake would then be called a foreshock. For ...

A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma ...

Studying slow tremors has helped researchers home in on the youngest part of the Chile Triple Junction’s gap between ...

LAKEWOOD — A large number of lithium-ion batteries exploded in the back of a garbage truck, causing smoke to pour out while on its rounds Wednesday morning.

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University of Oregon's Hazard Lab remains a resource for firefighters when it comes to detecting fast-spreading fires in ...

According to the USGS, New Jersey had 23 earthquakes in 2023 but the number spiked to 232 in 2024 including the magnitude 4.8 ...

Earthquakes occur often in the Carolinas because of small fault lines scattered through the state. Below is an example of the faults in South Carolina. A lot of these are ancient faults from the ...