A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska just after midnight on Tuesday as residents have been warned of ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador on Friday, according to the United States ...

An area in the Pacific Northwest lies on a 'subduction' zone where a tectonic plate slides underneath the North American plate. Subduction zones produce the world's largest earthquakes.

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...

Latest California Earthquakes. Please wait a moment for map to load. Use controls or ... according to the USGS. In North America, only Alaska records more quakes per year than California.

A powerful 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the San Diego County area Monday morning but did not appear to cause any major damage. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at ...

A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean near Ecuador ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking ...