Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

When you think about earthquakes, Florida’s probably not the first state that comes to mind. But that doesn't mean they can't ...

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Though Maine is quiet seismologically compared with hotspots like California, ...

According to Bossu, such behavior typically amounts to “foreshock” activity – seismic activity that occurs before the main shock of the sequence – meaning that the largest earthquake could ...

The largest earthquake ever recorded within the park struck close to Norris Geyser Basin in 1975. That earthquake was a magnitude 6, but there was little damage and no injuries reported at the ...

These small earthquakes — mostly magnitude 3.5 or less — continued to intensify on Monday (Feb. 3). The largest earthquake so far was a magnitude 5, which struck 21 miles (34 kilometers) northeast of ...