In every previous instance where the U.S. Geological Survey lists an "earthquake" off Florida's Atlantic coast, dating back ...

The culprit on this occasion was an enormous earthquake caused by the slipping of both the Weinan and Huashan faults. With its epicenter close to the city of Huaxian, the tremor is estimated to ...

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The National Weather Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has explained that excessive heat will continue across the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Monday. Please stay hydrated and cool. Monday ...

Were you woken up early Thursday morning? An earthquake hit near the San Juan Islands around 4 a.m. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:05 a.m ...

AN EARTHQUAKE Information Education Campaign (IEC) was held in Barangay Riverside, Calinan District, Davao City, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, so the public would know where active fault areas are ...

Seismicity — the frequency of earthquakes in a region — matters, especially when it comes to the oil and gas industry. Wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing, often called produced water ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A moderate earthquake hit the Pacific Northwest early Thursday morning, shaking awake residents of Western Washington and British Columbia. Seismographs measured the quake ...

Mexico City has several faults that criss-cross the valley area where it sits. There is a theory that after the 7.1 earthquake that shook Mexico City in 2017, some of these faults were “awoken,” ...

The Pacific Northwest typically experiences three types of earthquakes: Shallow fault quakes: Ruptures in faults located in the upper 18 miles of the Earth's crust. These earthquakes typically ...

A seismographer uses a pen to point out the initial shock waves of an earthquake charted on a seismograph. Charles O'Rear Getty Images A 2.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded Wednesday night about ...