A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in Indonesia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

SAN BENITO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.7 magnitude quake shook close to Aromas around midday Monday, the U.S. Geological ...

Earthquakes do happen in or near Florida, but they're rather rare. The closest fault line to the Sunshine State runs through the Caribbean Sea, just north of Puerto Rico. There have been more than 20 ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to California, the fault marks the convergence of the Juan de Fuca and North American ...

“Volcano Watch” articles over the past two weeks have described past episodic lava fountaining eruptions at Kilauea Iki (1959) and Maunaulu (1969). Next week, we will continue this series with a ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed ...

Over the past few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents. The magnitude 4.9 quake reported about 12 miles north of Indio the evening ...

According to reporting based on U.S. Geological Survey data, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Riverside County at 5:56 p.m. local time, centered roughly seven miles from Indio. The quake was shallow, ...

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the Oregon Coast on Jan. 15. The earthquake was detected around 7:25 p.m., approximately 183 miles off the coast of Bandon on the Blanco Fracture Zone, and at a ...

Earthquakes usually strike without warning. But sometimes they come in clusters — dozens or even hundreds of small quakes concentrated in one area over days or weeks. Geologists call these clusters ...

If you live in Southern California, you live with the knowledge that a major earthquake is always a threat. In the event the quake is significant, there are steps you can take to reduce danger to you ...