Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.0 struck near the San Francisco Zoo at 4:39 p.m. Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was followed by aftershocks of 2.0 ...

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., ...

COOTER, Mo. — Multiple communities in southern Missouri were shaken at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Officials said a 4.0 magnitude earthquake happened ...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was centered in southeast Missouri’s Bootheel area around 12:59 PM. The quake was felt across a wide area, including southern Missouri and Illinois. But there’s another ...

The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to a halt. By ...

(map courtesy U of M Center for Earthquake Research and Information) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An earthquake rumbled across the Mid-South on Thursday afternoon. The University of Memphis Center for Earthquake ...

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 ...

When looking around the standings in Major League Soccer as the league has reached the eight-match point, one of the biggest surprises -- in a good way-- is the performance of the San Jose Earthquakes ...

On Monday residents of northeastern Japan were rattled by a massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the coast and warned of possible tsunamis, as well as a slim chance of a magnitude 8 or higher ...

A Wednesday morning earthquake east of Carson City quickly reminded residents of western Nevada that they live in quake country. At 10:33 a.m., the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL) recorded ...

For many people in Japan, the country’s regular tremors are not a big deal. Officials are urging them to prepare for the next catastrophic quake. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno Hisako Ueno reported from ...