Venezuela’s northern coast was hit by two powerful back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday, leaving scores of people dead and widespread destruction in its wake.

The largest earthquake in California in more than three years shook a rural part of southern Mendocino County, causing some injuries Wednesday morning and power outages. The magnitude 5.6 quake was ...

They’re quaking in their boots. Some seismologists are literally shaking after Southern California fault lines were rocked by ...

A 7.0 or greater magnitude earthquake on the Rodgers Creek Fault that runs beneath Santa Rosa would unleash widespread devastation — something likely not seen since the last Big One struck in 1906.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck offshore of Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines, at 7:37 A.M. local time ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A rural area of Northern California experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940 on Wednesday morning, causing some injuries but no immediate reports of major damage, officials ...

California homeowners are flooding insurance agents, scrambling to buy earthquake coverage before the long-feared "Big One" ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...