Annually, seismologists clock about 900,000 earthquakes worldwide, but the vast majority happen along plate boundaries ... small to moderate quakes surprise the East Coast in states such as ...

Earthquakes are not as common on the East Coast and they are a surprise when they happen. Fox - Fox 29 Fox - Fox 29 Watch Next ...

A map showing the difference between 2011's 5.8 magnitude earthquake on the East Coast and a 6 in California in 2004. Screenshot: USGS ...

A relatively strong earthquake with an epicenter off the east coast of Chiba Prefecture struck before sunrise on March 1, rattling many from their sleep in the predawn hour. The quake at around ...

A large earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, just after 9 p.m. local time Monday night, triggering a tsunami advisory for Japan's southeast coast. The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about 7 ...

A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the southwest coast of Japan on Monday ... say the quake struck a little more than 11 miles east of the city of Miyazaki, at a depth of about 22.4 ...

The earthquake occurred along the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, the same fault line that produced one of the strongest quakes to ever hit the East Coast. The magnitude 5.8 quake in central ...