A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled underneath Los Angeles on Monday, less than a week after a bigger one jolted much of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey placed the epicenter of ...

Most temblors are too small for humans to feel, but every so often a whopper will rock our planet. The majority of earthquakes occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates—like the mighty San ...

MANILA, Philippines — The people of Surigao del Sur felt minor temblors as three tectonic earthquakes were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs ...

All temblors in the lower 5 or greater on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 occurring within the region were called a possible aftershock of the 2011 quake. In general, it is difficult to ...

A series of earthquakes have recently occurred off Chiba Prefecture's eastern coast. Experts say a phenomenon known as a "slow slip event" appears to be taking place where tectonic plates meet.

Scientists are piecing together data from "silent earthquakes," known as slow-slip events, detected in the Nankai Trough to better understand the mechanisms behind massive temblors and promote ...

What precisely is fueling the sequence of shakers is not entirely clear, and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent. But the ...

A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.