3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (140+ words) The Pacific Ring of Fire region was rattled by two earthquakes on Friday. A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the Aleutian chain, about 93 miles west-southwest of Adak, Alaska, just after 2:45 a.m. Alaska time, according to USGS. The quake's epicenter was roughly 25 miles…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (566+ words) When a massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest, whether it's next year or 50 years from now, the people in one Oregon coastal town in particular are expected to be wiped out. According to new planning guidance from…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (63+ words) Two small earthquakes shook western North Carolina this weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey says both quakes had a magnitude of two. One happened near Canton Saturday morning, and the other was near Weaverville Sunday morning. Someone in Lexington, South Carolina (135 miles…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (341+ words) Off the Oregon coast, scientists estimate that a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake will hit the Pacific Northwest at some point in the future. Although they cannot predict exactly when it will hit, research shows that the quake is long overdue. A…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (831+ words) When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn't just travel through the atmosphere to our ears. When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) A major earthquake just south of the Bay Area is more likely than previously thought, according to new research. The speed at which the Santa Cruz Mountains portion of the northern San Andreas Fault moves - also known as the fault's…...