Estebanía is located in the Azua Province of the Dominican Republic in the southeast part of the province, about 64 miles, or ...

LYNDEN, Wash. - A 2.5-magnitude earthquake shook near Lynden, Washington, on Saturday. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck around 7:25 p.m. about 1.9 miles ...

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model released ...

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, according to USGS. Tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on an edge ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A 3.6 earthquake struck part of Illinois Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake struck at about 4:41 a.m. and was centered south of the village ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck early Tuesday near Chazy.

What if a 1,000-foot wave slammed into the US west coast? A shocking new study from Virginia Tech reveals a chilling ...

A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Some 230 million people in the United States face the potential of damaging earthquakes in 100 years, according to the latest U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model, or NSHM. That’s about 40 million more ...