Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States sits on several active fault zones, making parts of the country vulnerable to powerful earthquakes. While most ...

Volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga is working to contain a wildfire raging for a sixth ​day that is threatening his community ...

TOKYO (WCSC) — The largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck the Tōhoku region 15 years ago, triggering a massive tsunami and a catastrophic nuclear crisis. The wall of water decimated ...

One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were ...

A much smaller earthquake rattled Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County Tuesday morning. The magnitude-2.3 quake occurred at approximately 9:17 a.m. on March 10, 2026, at a depth of roughly 7.4 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Sixty-two years ago, on March 27, 1964, the second-largest earthquake ever recorded hit Alaska. The largest quake to ever hit the Northern Hemisphere, the magnitude 9.2 ...

The second largest earthquake ever recorded in Louisiana struck Thursday morning (3/5). Video shows a doorbell camera shaking as the quake hit in Coushatta, LA.

The United States sits on several active fault zones, making parts of the country vulnerable to powerful earthquakes. While most tremors are small and barely noticed, a handful have caused massive ...