Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific Northwest, new research shows. A powerful quake, ...

DEHRADUN: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a new seismic map, placing the entire state of Uttarakhand, including its plains and mountainous regions, into seismic zone 6—the highest ...

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could ...

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.

The East Tennessee earthquake on May 10 was one of the strongest to hit the region since 1900. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong enough ...