An early morning 3.6-magnitude earthquake woke parts of Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The ...

An earthquake shook Merced County late Monday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The 3.6-magnitude ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

A preliminary 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Dublin Monday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

A 1.4-magnitude earthquake was detected in the Lakes Region Thursday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.

It would be unlikely for Southern California to have an earthquake of greater than 8.3 magnitude, the USGS said. They’ve had an earthquake as large as a 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the past. ...

In the last 200 years, 37 U.S. states have seen earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5, "highlighting a long history of seismic activity across this country," the USGS said. Which areas are most at risk?

USGS uses what's caused the moment magnitude scale to measure earthquakes. "Moment" is a physical quantity proportional to the slip on a fault line multiplied by the area of the fault surface that ...

The USGS is unequivocal: No one can predict an earthquake. "We do not know how, and we do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future," the agency says .