A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck in the remote Aleutian Island in southwest Alaska on the morning of ...

The region’s history includes a magnitude 8.6 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands in 1957 and a magnitude 8.7 earthquake near the Rat Islands in 1965.

On this day in 1899, a massive 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Yakutat, Alaska, and was felt for hundreds of miles.

A massive collapse high in the mountains in glacier terrain, followed by massive flooding — this is the setting of the recent horrific flood along the Nepal border, but it ...

Aleutian Islands earthquake M6.3 struck near Nikolski, Alaska on September 3, 2026, triggering a 15-minute no-tsunami clearance from the National Tsunami Warning Center. The same system nearly lost ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - A 3.3 magnitude quake rattled close to Larkfield-Wikiup on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor, which struck the area at 10:33 a.m., was centered ...

KINGS COUNTY, CA - A 2.9 magnitude quake occurred near Corcoran at midday on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The USGS reported a tremor in the region at 11:37 a.m. The epicenter was about ...

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA - A 2.7 magnitude quake shook close to Petrolia on Friday around midday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The USGS reported a tremor in the region at 2:18 p.m. (1:18 p.m. local ...

Earth's crust may look solid and immovable, but deep beneath our feet, tectonic plates are constantly shifting.DVIDS Via Picryl / Alaska Earthquake Center Earth is constantly moving beneath our feet, ...

NYE COUNTY, NV - A 2.6 magnitude quake occurred close to Beatty on Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor, which shook the area at 2:01 p.m., was centered about 11 miles ...

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA - A 2.4 magnitude quake struck near Imperial on Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At 7:44 p.m., a tremor shook the region at a depth of 7 miles, with its ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake occurred close to Idyllwild on Monday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. At 11:43 p.m., a tremor shook the region at a depth of 9 ...