A swarm of small earthquakes jolted San Ramon over the last month. Scientists said the earthquakes are normal and aren’t indicative of the big one.

There were 47 earthquakes reported around the world within 24 hours ending Monday at 10:25 Mountain Standard Time. The strongest quakes were two 5.3-5.5 magnitude tremors detected 22 miles beneath the surface of the ocean in Russian waters off the coast of far Eastern Russia north of Japan.

An earthquake of 3.7 preliminary magnitude was reported Tuesday afternoon near the Channel Islands off Ventura County, the United State Geological Survey (USPS) said Tuesday. The quake was originated in the area 20 miles southwest from San Nicholas Island, one of the most remote parts of the Channel Islands, at around 1:38 p.m. Tuesday.

A magnitude 7 earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about 1%, but there's hope it will serve as a wake-up call.

A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a tsunami warning for parts of the coastline.

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off northern Japan that officials said had caused an increased risk of anothe

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake struck near The Geysers on Tuesday around midday. At 1:45 p.m., the region was shook by a tremor. The earthquake struck at a depth of just 2 miles, with its ...