Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series ...

A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface. The discovery could mean stronger shaking near faults like California’s San ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region.

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 ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile’s infamous shallow “megathrust” quakes, this one ruptured deep inside ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Northern California on Sunday afternoon. The temblor was reported at 4:41 p.m.

A preliminary magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled the Bay Area shortly before 1:45 a.m. Thursday, shaking awake sleeping ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Santa Cruz County early Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.