Researchers started seismic monitoring at Mount Rainier in the 1970s, according to Iezzi, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory and said she conferred with other ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

“The best guide to earthquake hazards in (this specific) seismic zone is the earthquakes themselves,” USGS stated in a summary of the 2018 Decatur tremor.

The strongest earthquakes in East Tennessee The East Tennessee Seismic Zone extends across Tennessee, northwestern Georgia and into northeastern Alabama. The area is not known to have major earthquake ...

Valdivia Earthquake (Chile) – 9.5 magnitude On May 22, 1960, Chile experienced the largest earthquake in recorded history. The earthquake caused widespread devastation and generated a massive tsunami ...

The Valdivian Earthquake that occurred on May 22, 1960, off the coast of Chile near Valdivia and Puerto Montt, holds the record as the largest earthquake ever recorded, with a magnitude of 9.5. The ...

Earthquakes are one of the most terrifying Natural Disasters. Here are the 7 most powerful Earthquakes recorded in history that will leave you shocked.

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

The 2004 earthquake itself was bad enough: At magnitude 9.1 — the world’s third-largest earthquake since 1900 — the earthquake released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs.