The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...

North Jersey was shaken up again Aug. 5 when an afternoon 2.7 magnitude earthquake hit Bergen County, the U.S. Geological ...

The earthquakes Thursday and Friday were certainly very powerful, with magnitudes of 6.4 and 7.1 at their epicenters near the city of Ridgecrest, California.

The Big One: Is California 'overdue' for a devastating major earthquake? A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.

That’s the longest seismic rupture ever documented on a continent. By comparison, California’s 1906 earthquake ruptured 296 miles of the San Andreas fault; and the 1857 earthquake, 225 miles.

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt. But a few, like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, are massive, capable of ...