The events were part of the Great Nevada ShakeOut, an annual statewide earthquake and evacuation drill designed to teach students and educators about how to protect themselves during seismic events.

The cataclysm would have 50 times the intensity of the Jan. 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.7. Hundreds of aftershocks would ensue -- a few of them nearly as big as the ...

Millions of residents statewide participated in the 12th annual Great California Shakeout earthquake drill on Thursday at 10:17 a.m. This is the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake ...

Local What’s shaking? An earthquake drill, that’s what Residents of Missouri and eight other states in a major seismic zone will commemorate the 201st anniversary of the powerful New Madrid ...

Thursday morning, more than 900,000 Utahns practiced "drop, cover and hold on," protocols as they participated in an annual earthquake drill.