Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include all 50 states in a single USGS assessment, and it shows ...

Did you feel it? An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck near San Ramon on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

NEWS OUT OF LASSEN COUNTY, WHERE RESIDENTS THERE WERE HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE. SO WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK FROM THE USGS WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE THAT RED DOT RIGHT THERE. THE 5.3 QUAKE HIT ABOUT NINE MILES NORTHWEST OF SUSANVILLE,

Residents across the Northeast were rattled by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area and much of the surrounding region on Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey was quick to release maps showing ...

A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m. on Monday and was about 10 kilometers southeast of York ...

A Newsweek map shows the epicenters of two shallow earthquakes that struck in Turkey near the town of Sindirgi over a 24-hour period. The quakes registered at a 4.6 and a 5.1 magnitude, respectively, according to the U.S. Geological Survey shows.

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the possible causes, the researchers discovered the issue was with ...

A magnitude-four event in the UK and surrounding areas is typically recorded every three to four years, and a magnitude-five event happens every few decades – with the most recent one in 2008 in Lincolnshire. A magnitude-six earthquake happens every few hundred years, BGS said.