Most people only think about earthquakes after one happens. The news cycle kicks in, the footage rolls, and for a few days ...

When Washingtonians talk about the possibility of a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the conversation typically focuses on the immediate impacts: the threat of casualties, building ...

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. But ...

The magnitude 4.1 event was identified by the agency as the mainshock. It has been followed by at least 16 aftershocks.

You probably didn't feel the earthquake that shook Alaska earlier this month or the one that brought tsunamis to the coasts of Russia and Japan on Wednesday — but Lake Pontchartrain did. Two major ...