A small earthquake occurred in northeast Alabama late Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The quake happened at 11:35 p.m. Friday. Its epicenter was about two and a half miles below ...

Click on one of the squares to learn more about a given event, or click “List of earthquakes on this map” for a full rundown, with magnitude, time, location, and depth. Or try the SCEC’s ...

Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...

Alabama's Geological Investigations Program said the five quakes are part of the "normal seismic activity" in the area.

A light, 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Los Angeles on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

There have been more than 20 earthquakes reported in Florida since 1992, immediately north of the state's border in Alabama ... National Seismic Hazard Model map (above) shows.

The Sunday night earthquake was the 14th recorded in South Carolina this year, according to the state Department of Natural ...

When Jared Bryan talks about his seismology research, it's with a natural finesse. He's a fifth-year Ph.D. student working ...

Now, a new study published today in Nature Geoscience has come up with a convincing, and surprising, answer: electricity, and earthquakes—lots of them. Those nuggets owe their existence to the ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

According to the USGS, Monday’s small temblor struck at 4:22 a.m., several days after a 4.7 quake hit the same area. Get all ...