Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Magnitude is a measurement of the strength of an earthquake. Officially it's called the moment magnitude scale.

Earthquakes on the East Coast are experienced much further from their epicenters, according to experts — and it all boils down to differing types of rocks on either side of the country.

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Sunday evening at 8:17 p.m. Pacific time less than a mile from Malibu.

After red flag warnings and wildfires in North Georgia this year, Southeast Georgia experienced a 2.4 magnitude earthquake early Thursday morning. The United States Geological Survey (USGS ...

A minor, 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, according to the United States Geological ...

"Three out of every four live volcanoes on Earth are here,” says National Geographic. “Almost all earthquakes happen here, too." The Ring of Fire is the result of plate tectonics − giant moving slabs ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Gerardo Suárez: "The ground can open up during an earthquake." Everything disappears in the earth. Earthquakes don't operate like that. "You should always ...

ATHENS, Greece (CNN)-- A strong earthquake and an almost equally strong aftershock struck southern Greece just after midday Thursday, U.S. and Greek experts said. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS ...

(CNN) -- A strong earthquake struck Tuesday near Greek islands close to the Turkish coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. One person died, police said. The 6.4-magnitude quake hit about ...

The Earthquakes finished last in the league with ... for sixth on the league’s all-time list. It was also his 137th goal contribution — third all time. Sporting KC (0-2-0) pulled within ...