Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

Clayborn Temple in Memphis, largely destroyed by fire on April 28, will be rebuilt. A $1.5 million grant from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will support the reconstruction.

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's ...

More than 100 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern Pakistani city of ...

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck Saturday morning north of The Geysers, with weak shaking reported in parts of Lake and Sonoma counties, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at ...

A minor earthquake struck Concord shortly after noon on Friday and was felt across the East Bay, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 3.1 magnitude quake struck at 12:11 p.m. with an ...

The technology used to measure and monitor earthquakes has remained largely unchanged over the past century, but a breakthrough from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory utilizing ...