When it does, it releases energy in a burst, which causes the shaking of an earthquake. Earthquakes happen most often where tectonic plates meet. Tectonic plates are pieces of crust that fit ...

It's 19% for a magnitude 4 or higher, 2% for a magnitude 5 and above, and less than 1% for a magnitude 6 or 7 earthquake. The Malibu area quake struck around 7:28 a.m. at a depth of nearly six miles.

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was reported about 30 miles north of the Ohio River in eastern Ohio Monday afternoon, according to ...

The mystery swarm of small earthquakes near the island of Santorini beg for more data collection. Also, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US goes offline and whales ...

Several thousand earthquakes have been recorded near the Greek island since late January. So why is this happening?

Graph not displaying correctly ... The USGS says Thursday's earthquake was "primarily strike-slip," which is less likely to cause a tsunami because the earth's tectonic plates moved more ...