A major, 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the South China Sea on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

There have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries and there is no tsunami warning.

Earthquakes occur several hundred times a day, every day, all over the globe. But most are only of a magnitude 2 or smaller, and rarely felt. It is only the notable earthquakes, usually of a magnitude ...

A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Did you feel it? A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Snohomish County Tuesday morning and was felt in King and Pierce counties.

Some large earthquakes may flip direction and “boomerang” back, striking the same area twice and reshaping damage patterns.