A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m. on Monday and was about 10 kilometers southeast of York ...

A swarm of earthquakes began beneath Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea at around 7:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory issued an information statement saying elevated seismic activity gradually died down in frequency of occurrence and intensity, over the course of 40 minutes.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles and had an estimated intensity of VI on the modified Mercalli intensity scale.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Northern California on Thursday, causing a tsunami warning and several aftershocks. The tsunami warning -- which impacted at least 5.3 million people before it was canceled around 12 p.m. Pacific time -- was ...

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the possible causes, the researchers discovered the issue was with ...

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 strong enough to shake things off walls, cause cracks in ...

A new world map, created using 4,000 years of earthquake records, shows the Pacific Northwest is one of the areas around the globe that is most at risk from deadly seismic activity. The map provides a visualization of all major earthquakes from 2150 B.C ...