Scientists in Japan built the world’s largest earthquake simulator to answer a simple question: what actually happens to buildings during a major quake. The massive shake table can move entire ...

A moderate earthquake shook Tehran, a city on edge after months of war, with residents in different parts of the city saying ...

The UCSD Shake Table in San Diego County simulates earthquakes to test building materials and help shape the future of ...

A flurry of seismic activity recently has struck Nevada, including a magnitude 5.7 earthquake 45 miles east of Reno that was ...

Two earthquakes, one of 3.0 magnitude and the other of 2.7 magnitude, struck near the San Francisco Zoo, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quakes, which hit at around 4:40 p.m., ...

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Mrs. Denison’s third-grade class at Welby Elementary School takes earthquake safety very seriously. So when math was interrupted by the Great Utah Shake Out on Thursday, her ...

WINNSBORO — An earthquake shook the ground 11 miles northwest of Winnsboro, S.C., on April 21 in an early morning event which was soon followed by a second earthquake a little over an hour later in ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A pair of earthquakes near the San Francisco Zoo rumbled through the Bay Area on Saturday afternoon. The United States Geological Survey reported that the quakes struck around 4:40 p.m ...

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Missouri Bootheel on April 23. The tremor was felt by some residents in West Tennessee and as far south as Mississippi. The earthquake's epicenter was ...