Residents across Nevada and California were startled Thursday when their phones erupted with an earthquake alert warning of a powerful 5.9 magnitude. The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued the warning ...

When most people think of earthquakes, they think of California fault lines. But the most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains runs straight through the middle of the country ...

Did your phone light up Thursday morning with an earthquake alert? Good news: There was no quake. The ShakeAlert early warning system that notifies people about earthquakes as they are occurring ...

A rare false alert from the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert system jolted phones across California on Thursday morning, warning of a major earthquake that never happened. The alert, issued just ...

A strong earthquake shook a large swathe of southern and central Mexico on Friday, triggering the quake alarm system in Mexico City and causing buildings to sway. There were no immediate reports of ...

An alert about a sizeable earthquake in western Nevada was erroneously issued on Thursday, Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS alert said a magnitude 5.9 earthquake had struck ...

A powerful magnitude 6 earthquake struck Myanmar, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences. The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km. The incident raises concerns over the potential ...