An emergency alert warning people in the Bay Area that an estimated 5.7 magnitude earthquake was imminent lit up phones Wednesday morning, but the actual temblor turned out to be a magnitude 4.2. Dr.

An earthquake just occurred near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) and it was felt in many nearby and neighboring states like New York and Pennsylvania ...

Hours after a 4.2 earthquake rattled most of Southern California on Friday, the second such quake in a week's span, state officials are urging residents to be prepared in the event of a massive ...

Emergency responders throughout North Jersey are urging residents to refrain from unnecessary 911 calls in the wake of Friday morning's reported earthquake. Various police departments, fire ...

The University of California, San Diego, has the largest outdoor shake table, or earthquake simulator, in the world - the only one capable of testing a 10-story building. The shake table can support ...

The first three months of 2010 have been violent ones in the Western Hemisphere, marked by two massive earthquakes in two different areas. The earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have each been widely ...