Update: KRON 4 spoke with USGS representative John Bellini who reported that the 4.8 earthquake that hit California was inaccurate. According to the USGS, Northern California Seismic Network posts the ...

An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault, according to USGS. Tectonic plates are always slowly moving, but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on an edge ...

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted for the seventh time since December, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At approximately 1:30 p.m. local time Monday ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.1 struck in Colusa County on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 3:09 p.m. about 6 miles east of Maxwell. Sign up for our ...

The United States Geological Survey confirmed a 3.1 magnitude earthquake took place near Minco, Oklahoma Thursday afternoon. The epicenter of the quake was felt around 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) North ...

The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

CADDO PARISH, La. (KSLA) - Several days in a row, parts of the ArkLaTex have been rumbled by earthquakes. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded just after 3 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 22) roughly three miles ...

Two earthquakes rattled the East Bay on Monday, raising questions about whether the seismic activity could be a warning sign that the "big one" could soon hit the Bay Area. The first quake, a ...

Scientists have recorded the "largest" earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier in Washington state since 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The swarm at the second-most seismically active volcano in ...