“Earthquakes happen when we have plates that are moving past each other, these tectonic plates in the Earth they make up the crust of the Earth and they’re moving past each other. They build ...

About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are ...

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — The North Coast of California was shaken by multiple earthquakes and aftershocks Thursday, including a preliminary 7.0 quake, according to the United States Geological ...

Here's what to know about earthquake activity and what causes the phenomenon. Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates ...

He retired in 2023. Seismologists register the intensity of an earthquake in units known as moment magnitude, which measure how much energy was released when the rocks along a fault moved during ...

Mississippi isn't exactly known for earthquakes, so when one measuring 2.5 occurred on Nov. 28 south of Canton at the Ross Barnett Reservoir, it got a lot of attention. But events like this aren't ...

About 100 6.1 to 6.9 magnitude earthquakes happen every year. Earthquakes at a magnitude of 2.5 or less are usually not felt by people but can be recorded using a seismograph. Millions of these ...

Earlier today, a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit the coast of Northern California, prompting a tsunami warning for the region that has now been called off. The quake occurred at ...