The US state of Oregon has been hit by a magnitude six earthquake, it has been confirmed. The United States Geological Survey ...

Over the last few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.9 earthquake about 12 miles northeast of Indio that caused serious shaking ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the southern tip of South America in the Drake Passage on Friday morning, but officials say there is no tsunami threat to ...

As Oklahoma reels from more than 70 earthquakes over the last week, authorities are calling on energy companies to limit how much waste is injected into the ground. The largest of the earthquakes hit ...

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong shaking and water sloshing out of the pots used by Native Americans to cook a ...