A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...
Last night’s strong and shallow 5.3 quake was felt by more than 23,000 people: mostly across the lower North Island. A ...
Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock ...
“This was a rather small magnitude earthquake,” USGS research geologist Alex Hatem said. “I know it might sound a little odd, because I know a lot of people felt it, but in terms of how big ...
A light but rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Maine on Monday morning, according to the United ...
If you thought you felt the earth move under your feet Monday morning, you were not imagining it. A rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake happened in the Atlantic Ocean 9.7 miles from Portsmouth at 10:22 a.m.
To better understand when a big earthquake is coming, there are earthquake monitoring stations across the state in remote ...
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook parts of New England early Monday morning, striking approximately 7 miles southeast of York ...