In general, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that make up the earth moving and rubbing together. The UK is ...

Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like "an underground explosion", but there are no reports of damage.

Thursday's non-quake highlighted the need for better earthquake-warning tools. Three western states have a system in place, ...

“On December 4, 2025, the ShakeAlert EEW system released an incorrect alert for a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Reno and ...

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook Nevada on Thursday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. Phones ...

An alert about a sizeable earthquake in western Nevada was erroneously issued on Thursday, Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Geological Survey The alert from the USGS said a magnitude 5.9 ...

USGS deleted a false alert that wrongly reported a 5.9 Nevada quake, saying no earthquake occurred and the cause of the error ...

A preliminary 2.4 magnitude quake was registered near San Clemente Is. (SE tip) Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Geological ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, centered about 50 miles south-southwest of La Esperanza.

A preliminary 2.5 magnitude quake was recorded close to San Clemente Is. (SE tip) Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S.

A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border was a false alert, the USGS said ...