The good news about earthquake swarms is they don’t appear to lead to bigger quakes. Not a single one has ever been associated with a major earthquake.” ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Oregon Coast on Jan. 15. The earthquake was detected around 7:25 p.m., approximately 183 miles off the coast of Bandon on the Blanco Fracture Zone, and at a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Oregon coast Thursday evening, centered 183 miles from Bandon ...

An earthquake swarm is a series of small quakes that “may occur in a region for months without a major earthquake,” according to Britannica.. Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of a half-dozen ...

SAN RAMON — An unsettling pattern of the ground shaking often near this city continued Friday morning, when three minor earthquakes hit four minutes apart. RELATED: Why earthquake swarms happen — and ...

Moodus has a long history of seismic activity, the latest event happening on Wednesday. A 1.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Moodus at 5:36 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Stream ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists can do is map the hidden layers beneath the surface that control how ...

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, aptly nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is a ticking time bomb. The rapidly melting body of ice could cause up to 10 feet (3 meters) of global sea-level rise if it were to ...

A small earthquake was detected near a scenic North Carolina town in the Blue Ridge Mountains on Saturday, federal seismologists reported. The 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered at 1:06 a.m. about 4 ...

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was reported just outside the coastal city of Acapulco, Mexico, Friday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rancho ...