About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

(Corrects paragraph 5 of Feb 27 story to make clear that a magnitude 7.0 quake releases 1,000 times more energy than a magnitude 5.0, not 900) Feb 27 (Reuters) - A massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor earthquake had ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - A powerful quake measuring 7.9 struck near Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday triggering tsunami warnings in Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka, officials said.

Monday afternoon, a 5.8 earthquake centered 15 miles northeast of Yerington hit just after 3 p.m., rattling windows and nerves as far away as Sacramento and San Francisco. Aftershocks continued to be ...

After red flag warnings and wildfires in North Georgia this year, Southeast Georgia experienced a 2.4 magnitude earthquake early Thursday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed ...

The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in central Illinois overnight Monday, May 12, with more than 120 people reporting they felt it as of Tuesday morning. The quake ...