After an estimated 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Reno yesterday, Nevadans may wonder: what is considered a big earthquake?

State and local officials were working to assess the full scope of the damage, but early reports appeared to show that the ...

USGS initially estimated more than 150,000 people might have been exposed to earthquake shaking, between just north of Fort ...

Earthquakes are most common along fault lines, which are fractures that allow the plates to move. Earthquakes occur when two ...

An earthquake jolted western Nevada on Monday afternoon, with the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at UNR reporting a ...

The magnitude 7 earthquake happened off the coast of Northern California where several tectonic plates meet. READ MORE ABOUT ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake off the California coast briefly triggered a tsunami warning for parts of Northern California and ...

Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates, can push against each other. Earthquakes are most common along fault lines ...

Geologists and earth science experts explain where Humboldt's 7.0 earthquake came from, and if a strong earthquake could ...

How many 7.0 magnitude earthquakes have there been in Northern California? Here’s what to know about the seismically active ...

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northern California at 10:44 a.m. on Wednesday, rattling cities as far ...

More than 200 aftershocks have been reported since a 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California.