Earthquakes

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck central Alaska late Sunday, reported the U.S. Geological Survey.

A preliminary 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Thursday morning near Huntington Park, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. 

The 7.0 quake happened in the country’s rugged northeast, which was heavily damaged during the huge earthquake and tsunami of 2011 that left more than 18,000 people dead.

A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Thursday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pacific.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of over 6.0 has struck central Greece.

The U.S. Geological Agency said the magnitude 7.7 quake was centered at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) southeast of the Loyalty Islands. The shaking was not expected to cause significant damage or fatalities on land.

In Petrinja, cries could be heard from underneath destroyed houses. One woman was found alive some four hours after the quake.

Two sizeable earthquakes shook several communities in the North Pacific off the coast of Alaska.

A powerful earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean south of the Alaska Peninsula on Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 7.5-magnitude earthquake prompted the National Tsunami Center to issue a tsunami warning for south Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula.

A preliminary 3.4-magnitude struck roughly six miles from Lake Elsinore Monday morning and was felt throughout Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. 

The preliminary reading showed a depth of 6.2 miles.

USGS data shows the magnitude 4.0 quake happened just after 11 a.m. and was centered about two miles northwest of Mount Carmel, Florida, a town just north of Pensacola along the Florida-Alabama border.

The United States Geological Survey is reporting that a 3.4 earthquake struck in southeast Michigan Friday night outside of Detroit Beach in Monroe County.

Google announced t will send earthquake alerts to Android devices in California with a new technology.

People across at least seven states reported feeling a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit North Carolina on Sunday morning.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a relatively strong earthquake has been recorded in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico.

The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The main highway between Las Vegas and Reno was damaged and closed early Friday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in a remote area of Nevada that a researcher called the largest quake in the state in 65 years.