All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 4 2019 // The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a magnitude 3.8 earthquake in Oklahoma near Prague, where a magnitude 5.7 quake struck eight years ago.Prague City Manager Jim Greff says there are no reports of injury or damage...
Dec 2 2019 // A small earthquake hit Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast, shaking the small community. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at about 5:45 p.m. Friday, with its epicenter about two...
Dec 2 2019 // Portland has agreed to pay $350,000 in attorneys’ fees related to a now-repealed policy that mandated warning signs on brittle brick buildings saying they are seismically unsafe.The Portland City Council voted 4-0 in...
Nov 25 2019 // The Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed an earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands region. The center says the magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck at 3:54 p.m. Saturday. The epicenter was 59 miles southeast of Adak, a village of...
Nov 22 2019 // The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network confirmed a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck the region near Coulee City and Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington state. The network reported the earthquake struck about 8:48 on...
Nov 22 2019 // Portland has agreed to pay $350,000 in attorneys’ fees related to a now-repealed policy that mandated warning signs on brittle brick buildings saying they are seismically unsafe.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the...
Nov 18 2019 // The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has upheld the class action designation of a lawsuit against an oil company over damage caused by earthquakes near Prague in November 2011, including one of magnitude 5.7.The court on...
Nov 5 2019 // West Texas has seen a dramatic increase in earthquakes, jumping from 19 in 2009 to 1,600 in 2017 alone, according to a new study published on Nov. 4 by the University of Texas at Austin.The study, which was published in...
Nov 4 2019 // The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes were recorded in south-central Kansas and northern Oklahoma this weekend, but no significant damage was reported. The Kansas City Star reports that one earthquake with a...
Nov 4 2019 // The U.K. fracking industry suffered a fatal blow as the Conservative government ended its support for the controversial practice.The move, just weeks ahead of a general election, effectively bans new wells using hydraulic...
Oct 25 2019 // A 3.7 magnitude earthquake centered near the Kansas-Oklahoma border was felt as far as 75 miles away, but no injuries have been reported. The Kansas City Star reports that the temblor happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday and...
Oct 21 2019 // A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Oregon, The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS mapped the earthquake about 96 miles off the coast of Port Orford, a small town in Curry County about 25...
Oct 15 2019 // Millions of Californians are expected to practice how to dropping, covering and holding on when the ground shakes during the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday at 10:17 a.m.The annual earthquake drill will coincide with...
Oct 14 2019 // A small earthquake has been reported in southeastern Missouri.The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred just before 8 a.m. Saturday and was centered about 2.7 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of...
Oct 4 2019 // Washington state officials have announced an earthquake warning phone application is expected to be available for download October 2020.KING-TV reports that the app ShakeAlert was designed to send people an alert on how...
Oct 2 2019 // The Kansas Geological Survey reports 11 earthquakes were recorded in a northern Kansas county last weekend.The agency’s data shows the cluster of quakes struck north and east of Randall in Jewell County Saturday and...
Sep 26 2019 // A minor earthquake shook was confirmed in parts of Box Elder County in northern Utah.County spokesman Mitch Zundel said there were many reports of people feeling the quake of magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 a.m. MDT on Tuesday, but...
Sep 13 2019 // No damage or injuries have been reported after an early Thursday morning earthquake struck near the border of Missouri and Arkansas.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded early on Sept....
Sep 3 2019 // The Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit southern Alaska. It was felt by people in the state’s capital Juneau.The center confirmed the earthquake hit at 8:32 p.m. Saturday and had an...
Aug 30 2019 // For insurers and reinsurers, the 1995 Kobe earthquake produced $3 billion in insured property losses, but a repeat of a more devastating quake that happened 72 years earlier could bring $225 billion in industry losses.And...