The quakes come as California sees the effects of an atmospheric river that has caused flash flooding, rescues, and landslides.

Some people in northern San Luis Obispo county felt a 3.5 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning. While the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was ready with alerts and immediate information, the agency says self-reporting from local residents also helps ...

Scientists have found that tiny changes in GPS signals could allow us to predict large earthquakes roughly two hours in advance, a potentially livesaving new way of mitigating disasters. The team analyzed GPS data from 90 large earthquakes, of magnitude 7 ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether there's been an earthquake nearby. You can also be ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Earthquakes in Tennessee aren’t in headlines every day. Last week, Tennessee recorded several earthquakes. While the quakes were relatively small, researchers now closely monitoring the data. The Center for Earthquake Research ...

Some natural disasters are easier to predict than others. Although hurricanes, tsunamis, and blizzards are relatively simple to forecast, earthquakes are far more elusive, resulting in a century-long struggle to foresee quakes before they occur. Thanks to ...

Türkiye recorded 53,262 earthquakes in 2025, making it the second most seismically active year since the Feb. 6, 2023, Kahramanmaraş-centered

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rattled through several counties across Southern California Monday morning. If you thought the shaking felt more powerful than a magnitude 5 earthquake, you are not alone. Aftershocks rattle eastern San ...

Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NXDR) is one of the best NYSE stocks under $5 to buy. On December 19, Nextdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NXDR) incorporated real-time earthquake information from the US Geological Survey (USGS) into its Nextdoor Alerts feature.

A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border Thursday morning was a false alert, the USGS said. The quake alert generated by the ShakeAlert early warning system and an entry on the USGS web site indicated an ...