A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

The map also doesn’t serve as a forecast for where a strong-intensity earthquake will happen, but rather highlights the areas at a higher chance of experiencing them. Quakes can happen anywhere ...

has revealed areas where scientists predict “damaging” earthquakes are most likely to occur. According to the latest USGS National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM), which was released in December ...

The map is the first to include all 50 states ... Petersen pointed out that small earthquakes happen frequently and often aren't felt at all. But large ones are an entirely different scenario.

Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong ... 7.9. Click here to see the USDA shake map for the most recent earthquakes. More earthquakes are being ...

Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year ... but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental United States.

But the map also sports a big bull’s eye in the ... Yet one mystery has persisted: why earthquakes even happen here in the first place. This is a problem, experts say. Without a clear mechanism ...

Earthquakes occur as a result of the constant—but ... releasing waves of energy that we feel as earthquakes. Pictured: a map of the earthquake data analyzed by the researchers.

Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after ... When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial ...