When it comes to natural or “weather-related hazards”, in Missouri, we think of thunderstorms, floods, and tornadoes. But there is one that is less common and lies beneath the surface—earthquakes. The ...

Over the last few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents.

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

Earthquake myths have circulated in the state for decades. We looked into them.

Several News-Democrat readers reported feeling the earthquake at about 1:29 a.m., including one who says it awakened him in ...

More than 1,350 earthquakes hit Mount Rainier between July and August. A swarm of earthquakes near a volcano can happen for several reasons. A team of scientists collected data from Rainier to ...

For decades, researchers thought that an October 1843 earthquake on the small Greek island of Chalke caused a powerful ...

It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared. When the 8.8-magnitude quake struck eastern Russia at 11:25 local ...