The Juan de Fuca Plate has been steadily pushing against the Pacific Coast as it slides beneath the North American Plate. But ...

A preliminary magnitude 3.5 earthquake rattled parts of the East Bay Monday afternoon. The quake’s epicenter was about 5 miles east of Clayton, 5 miles south by southwest of ...

A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, according to the United States Geological ...

NEW DELHI -- A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck India’s northeastern Assam state on Sunday, sending tremors throughout the ...

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the Aleutian megathrust is the primary cause of the strongest earthquakes in the region. The Aleutian megathrust is a major subduction zone fault, an area ...

The ground-shaking that an earthquake generates is only a fraction of the total energy that a quake releases. A quake can ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region, the U.S.

Magnitude-7.4 earthquake rocks Russia’s east coast of Kamchatka as tsunami warning called off - Quake comes days after a ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 struck Pakistan on Tuesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan, leaving widespread devastation in its wake. Entire villages have been wiped out, with over 800 people killed and more than 2,500 ...