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 ...

Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden movements underground with tectonic plates. Seismographs are used by scientists to measure the time, location and strength of an earthquake.

Out of 20 North Carolina earthquakes registered in 2025 so far, a vast majority were in the same county, according to data ...

A minor, 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey ...

The Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued an emergency alert at the time of the quake, predicting strong shaking in the ...

In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States, the ...

A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in the early hours of Saturday. The ...

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and authorities confirmed that there was no risk of a tsunami.

The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.8, measured a lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck off eastern Hokkaido in Japan's north early Saturday, the weather ...

A strong earthquake has struck eastern Hokkaido, northern Japan. Meteorological Agency officials say there is no threat of ...