The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid — a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri — was jolted awake.

A recent magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Templeton, Central California, on November 18, 2025. This event caused noticeable tremors across the Central Coast region, making residents from Paso ...

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2 a.m. on December 16, 1811, residents of New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people in what is now southeastern ...

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The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor, initially measured at magnitude ...

As those in the New York tri-state area attempt to make sense of the 4.8-magnitude earthquake that rumbled residents on Friday morning, many transplants from quake-prone areas aren’t processing the ...

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit New Jersey and shook New York City just days before a solar eclipse will bring darkness across the land and a month or so before a dual emergence of cicadas, which are ...

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Drake Passage, a critical and turbulent body of water located between the southern tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. The seismic event ...