To identify the 12 most recent magnitude 8+ earthquakes to strike North America, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the United States Geological Survey’s earthquake mapping tool. ... the surrounding plates.

Tsunamis are a series of long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of water in the ocean, usually from a large ...

The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...

Earthquakes — particularly strong ones — are much more likely in places like California, which sit along major plate boundaries. Still, small earthquakes are fairly common in Georgia, experts say.

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, into the Earth's mantle below.. This is the conclusion of researchers ...

A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor, initially measured at ...

No, that wasn't just thunder from strong and severe storms overnight in Illinois-- there was an earthquake, too. At approximately 2:53 a.m., a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck approximately two ...