Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one ...

The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

The tectonic activity along the Ring of Fire also results in about 90% of the world’s earthquakes, including the Valdivia Earthquake of Chile in 1960, the strongest recorded earthquake at 9.5 ...

Use this map to explore coverage of the Italian earthquake in video, audio, pictures and text. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy on Monday brought death and destruction to many small ...

Click on one of the squares to learn more about a given event, or click “List of earthquakes on this map” for a full rundown, with magnitude, time, location, and depth. Or try the SCEC’s ...

After back-to-back hits from hurricanes and weeks of blackouts stemming from a power grid system issue, eastern Cuba was ...

Hundreds of millions of Americans are at risk from damaging earthquakes, with a new map revealing that almost 75% of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that millions of earthquakes occur every year, but only one of them will be a "great earthquake" — that is, one with a ...

Looking for information on Pichoy Airport, Valdivia, Chile? Know about Pichoy Airport in detail. Find out the location of Pichoy Airport on Chile map and also find out airports near to Valdivia. This ...

(NEXSTAR) — While areas like California and the West Coast may be top of mind when you think of where earthquakes occur in the U.S., a new report shows nearly 75% of the country could experience ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind. But data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows more than 3,600 earthquakes ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...