If you're in an earthquake-prone area and own an Android phone, it could save your life. It may even have already done so.

Your proximity to the epicenter of an earthquake will likely determine how strongly you feel it: the nearer you are, the more intense it will be. That’s not always the case though.

Tsunamis are a series of long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of water in the ocean, usually from a large ...

An early-warning system on Android phones has detected more than 1,000 earthquakes worldwide since 2021, sometimes giving ...

The earthquake, centered off the coast of Portsmouth, was felt hundreds of miles away from the epicenter. See this interactive map from the USGS that shows where it could be felt.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.

This weekend was a jarring one for Humboldt Bay; a relatively small, deep earthquake shook Eureka, Arcata and other neighboring communities. Its epicenter was located squarely within the bounds of ...

A small earthquake measuring a 3.6 on the Richter Scale briefly shook Redding early Friday morning, June 27, 2025. The yellow-orange star shows the epicenter where the earthquake was centered ...

A microquake was recorded last week near the New Jersey epicenter of the 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Long Island on April 5, 2024.

A 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Redding, California, early Friday morning. The quake, centered west of downtown Redding, was felt by residents but caused no reported damage. The epicenter ...