A major, 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:16 p.m. Eastern, data from the agency ...

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological ...

The 1.6 magnitude earthquake occurred west of Morris Plains at around 5:40 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake map.

It's rare to notice an earthquake of less than magnitude 3, though they happen all the time. The USGS page opens with a map of the world, centered on the United States.

T he map's release came almost exactly on the 30th anniversary of the deadly Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles, the most recent major quake to hit the U.S.

An earthquake risk map for the United States created by the U.S. Geological Survey. Areas in red are at highest risk for earthquakes, in blue the lowest risk.

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The ...

A 2.5 magnitude earthquake was detected in the northern Wisconsin community of Crandon, an area well within a section of blue on the map above.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey's earthquake map, a magnitude 2.4 earthquake with a depth of 7.7 kilometers occurred near Paramus just after 1 p.m. on Friday.

“Hazard maps for California as well as Japan, Italy, Nepal and France all seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities.

The United States Geological Survey's earthquake map lit up Thursday morning when a series of significant shakers hit off the Oregon Coast. Six earthquakes struck within about 40 miles of each ...