(Alaska tops the list of the most earthquake prone states in America.) It should be noted ... helped prevent widespread destruction. The strongest earthquake recorded anywhere since 1900 ...

While Californians ran for cover during a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the northern region on Thursday, America has endured even stronger quakes throughout its history. The largest ...

The strongest earthquake on record in the history of North America, this megathrust quake lasted almost 4.5 minutes. The destruction caused can be approximately $311 million, according to 1964.

South America and Africa. All the five strongest earthquakes to occur since records began have struck there. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit Severo-Kurilsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula in east Russia ...

In the 1800s, some of the strongest earthquakes in recorded U.S. history struck North America's continental interior. Almost two centuries later, the central and eastern United States may still be ...

But how strong was the strongest earthquake of all time? Let's look at the top five ... the Galapagos Islands and South America's western coast. Japan learned significant lessons from this event, ...

After large earthquakes, there is an expectation that aftershocks could occur in the hours and days that follow, but aftershocks from some of the strongest ... of North America is not well ...

According to the USGS, most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains ... That fault system has caused some of the strongest earthquakes in United States history, temporarily reversing the ...

Earthquakes happening in the northeast of America is rare ... In 1638, Vermont and New Hampshire experienced its strongest earthquake in history, which had the magnitude of 6.5, according to ...