Earthquakes are common on the West Coast, with multiple plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more likely. They are rarer on the East Coast, but they do happen .

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 ...

This earthquake did not hit directly along the San Andreas fault, as it was about 60 miles east of the fault. Along California’s north coast, the third earthquake hit at 10:13 p.m. near the ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause the next major earthquake that could destroy parts of the West Coast. The zone extends along 600 miles of the ocean floor from norther Cali to Canada.

The West Coast lies on a boundary where sections of Earth’s crust rub together, causing stress and slippage along fault lines that generate earthquakes relatively often. East Coast quakes like ...

East Coast residents were jolted Friday by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, with weak rumblings felt as far away as Baltimore and the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.

East Coast residents were jolted Friday by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, with weak rumblings felt as far away as Baltimore and the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.