All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2020 // A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has jolted the region of California desert where a powerful quake last summer was followed by thousands of aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The USGS says Wednesday’s quake...
May 26 2020 // People in Kodiak City reported early Saturday that they felt a moderate earthquake that struck the Kodiak Island region, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. The magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit at 12:52 a.m. Saturday and...
May 22 2020 // An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook a remote area of western Nevada Wednesday morning where a stronger temblor occurred last week, The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Nye County sheriff’s Capt. David...
May 18 2020 // The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years.No...
May 15 2020 // An increase in seismic activity around the youngest Hawaii volcano poses no immediate danger to the Big Island, geologists said.The U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said more than 100 earthquakes were...
May 12 2020 // A moderate earthquake shook a remote desert area east of San Diego Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The magnitude 4.5 quake struck at 3:07 p.m. and...
May 4 2020 // Fault lines along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah are much bigger than initially thought, a study said.The Utah Department of Natural Resources released new maps accompanied with a four-year study showing there is...
Apr 29 2020 // The California Catastrophe Response Council, which oversees the Wildfire Fund, has formally named the California Earthquake Authority the fund’s administrator.The Wildfire Fund was established by the California...
Apr 27 2020 // A magnitude-3.1 earthquake struck in southern Oregon near Ashland, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Just before 10 a.m. Friday, the quake rumbled about 10 miles southwest of Ashland at a depth of 1.6 miles, according...
Apr 23 2020 // An earthquake rattled Croatia’s capital, a month after a stronger tremor left Zagreb in need of $6 billion for renovation, adding to a growing list of costs as the European Union battles the coronavirus.The...
Apr 23 2020 // Light shaking could be felt across the Los Angeles Basin after a magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck underneath South Los Angeles just after midnight Wednesday. The Los Angeles Times reported the earthquake, that occurred at...
Apr 13 2020 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 rattled the remote California-Nevada state line but no damage or injuries were reported. The quake just struck after 7:36 a.m. Saturday and was centered near Bodie, a...
Apr 6 2020 // The day after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled Idaho, authorities near the epicenter say there have been no reports of significant damage or injuries.An earthquake struck north of Boise on Tuesday evening, with people...
Apr 6 2020 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 rattled much of inland Southern California on Friday evening but no damage or injuries were reported, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The quake struck just after 6:53...
Apr 2 2020 // An earthquake struck north of Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting shaking.The U.S. Geological Survey reports the magnitude 6.5 temblor struck just before 6 p.m. It was centered 73...
Mar 31 2020 // More than 100 small aftershocks were recorded since a 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook near Carson City on Friday, causing minor damages across the city, experts said.The largest recorded aftershock was a magnitude 3.2...
Mar 24 2020 // A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Sunday morning off the coast of Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake hit at 8:27 a.m. about 50 miles west of Ferndale, a coastal town of 1,300 people. A...
Mar 23 2020 // A 4.5 magnitude earthquake that struck near Carson City, Nev., on Friday night caused minor damages across the city, authorities confirmed.Some damage to items on shelves inside stores was reported and one building shut...
Mar 20 2020 // With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety of their homes. But on Wednesday morning, even that protection felt fragile as an...
Mar 10 2020 // A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck a spot off the coast of Northern California on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake hit at 6:59 p.m. and was centered in a spot 55.5 miles west of Ferndale, a town...