MOSCOW, Russia — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region, ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has published a map showing where two strong earthquakes shook southern Japan ...

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the same area on July 30 and generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.

PORT ORFORD, Ore. — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck more than 100 miles off the Oregon Coast Monday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake occurred about 102 miles west of Port Orford ...

Portland State University researchers are testing a brand-new way to protect buildings during earthquakes. They simulated an ...

The U.S. Geological Survey on Monday recorded three separate earthquakes in Russia's Far East in short succession, according to USGS event pages for the three shocks. A fourth was later recorded. The ...

The largest recorded earthquake in United States history was the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake, which struck on March 27, 1964, and registered magnitude 9.2 on the moment magnitude scale, according to ...