The death toll has continued to climb in the wake of the rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night. More than 2,900 people are confirmed dead. The quake ...

Lighting up earthquakes: How scientists watched ruptures evolve in milliseconds New laboratory earthquake model links real contact area to earthquake dynamics, opening a new pathway for earthquake ...

"When is the next big earthquake coming? Do you know where? When should we get ready?" Goulet, director of the U.S. Geological Survey's Earthquake Science Center in Los Angeles, told USA TODAY.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Lincoln County north of Las Vegas Friday morning. The earthquake shook around 7:16 a.m., per the U.S. Geological Survey. The ...

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's claim to fame. But these days, earthquake insurance is prohibitively expensive.

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault surfaces to the possibility of earthquake occurrences. Published in the ...

June 6 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off coast of Northern Chile region on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 104 km (64.62 ...

People living in central Idaho may have felt the ground shake beneath their feet as multiple earthquakes occurred throughout the region over the last few days, according to the U.S. National ...

The number of earthquakes in Central Idaho continues to grow this week, as a significant quake "swarm" has been happening along the Sawtooth Fault. The U-S Geological Survey has recorded upwards ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults. Small and distant earthquakes can disrupt the growth of slow-slip events — gradual fault movements that can ...

This was the latest in a series of over 20 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 2.0 since Saturday. The first of the quakes was shortly after 1:30 a.m. with a magnitude of 4.0. This is the ...