The region lies at the intersection of major tectonic boundaries that are known for generating powerful earthquakes and volcanic activity.

American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the ...

Less than two months after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, another strong earthquake occurred ...

There was no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a strong earthquake struck off Russia Thursday morning. It’s the same region that ...

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.8 magnitude quake shook near Petrolia Saturday morning.

A t least seven earthquakes have rattled the coast of Alaska in the last 24 hours, according to the United States Geological ...

In 1985's predigital world, one image from the earthquake became seared into public memory: the sign of the luxurious Hotel Regis crowning the pile of rubble that the early 20th-century building — a ...

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia, prompting close monitoring in Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S ...

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka region at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck near the east coast of Russia’s remote Kamchatka region ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, far eastern Russia ...

The modern system for measuring earthquakes has strengthened, and they precisely amplify and record ground motion at periods ...