About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough to shake things off walls, cause cracks in ...

California Earthquake 2026 explains what happened, where the quake was felt, aftershocks, risks, and how residents can prepare for future earthquakes.

PM, a minor earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.4 struck the southern region of Hokkaido, Japan. The tremor was shallow, with no tsunami threat reported, ensuring that residents were not in immediate danger.

Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale was felt in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, although the epicentre was in Tajikistan, said officials here, adding that there were no

VANCOUVER, B.C. (KOMO) — The North Pacific by British Columbia's Vancouver Island was rattled by a series of earthquakes Thursday morning, the largest quake measured as 6.4 magnitude. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the first quake hit southwest ...

Earthquake intensity is a critical metric used to assess the impact of seismic activity on communities. In this case, the maximum intensity recorded was level 1, which typically signifies that the tremors are barely perceptible to many people.

When the Cape Mendocino earthquake struck on April 25, 1992, magnitude was not the only parameter of interest to seismologists. Until Charles Richter developed a magnitude scale, the primary method of describing earthquake size was intensity. Intensity is ...

A series of earthquakes rocked Shimane and Tottori prefectures on Tuesday morning, beginning with a magnitude 6.4 shake at 10:18 a.m. measuring a strong 5 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale. While official information on injuries or damage has not been ...

U.S. Geological Survey officials reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake happened overnight near Ohlman in central Illinois.