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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 USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

The largest earthquake to hit North Carolina in a century struck the state shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday. Did scientists see it coming? No, with good reason — earthquakes aren’t like hurricanes. There ...

The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Jersey on Friday generated shaking that could be felt from Washington, D.C., to north of Boston. About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific to be on alert ...

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology canceled its latest tsunami warning late Friday night, October 10, ...

A shallow magnitude 7.4 earthquake has rattled the southern Philippines, prompting a tsunami warning and mass evacuations ...

Recent studies of stream channel offsets along the San Andreas Fault reveal new information about fault behavior--changing our understanding of the potential for damaging earthquakes. The studies were ...

If you missed the three earthquakes off Rhode Island last weekend, don't feel bad. They happened while many Rhode Islanders were sleeping, and they weren't strong enough to knock the alarm clock off ...

Wanna shake things up some? You can experience a simulated 7.0 magnitude earthquake before the campus tests its WarnMe ...