Earthquake News

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile.

The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, some 600 kilometres from the city of Puerto Quellon.

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- On Saturday night, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was felt in several islands in the northeastern Caribbean, including Antigua and Barbuda, but there were no immediate reports of injury of damage.

It happened at about 9:43 a.m. in Southern Ontario and was preliminarily measured as a magnitude 5.1 by Earthquakes Canada.

A 4.9-magnitude quake hit an area near Baeknyeong Island off Incheon, west of Seoul, on Saturday.

A light earthquake was felt in Homer. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says the earthquake occurred at 9:24 p.m. Thursday and was centered 28 miles southwest of Homer.

As earthquakes become more intense and more frequent in the north of the Netherlands, there is mounting pressure on the government to reduce the amount of gas being extracted there.

A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee.

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake west of Ottawa, Canada, did not cause damage to the areas surrounding the epicenter nor to Scranton, but was felt by many just before 10 a.m., according to The Associated Press and a local geology expert.

The capital felt a magnitude 5.2 earthquake Friday morning much less than a 5.0 earthquake in 2010, even though both were about the same distance away.

Two years ago, Grady County was hit by an earthquake. If another earthquake hit, would south Georgia be ready? "We haven't faced very many earthquakes in this area," said Jim Ellis, Grady County Emergency Management Agency director, "but it is still important to prepare because we are on a fault line.

That slight rumble you might have felt during a late breakfast Friday was not your stomach, but a "modest" earthquake that was centered in Shawville, Quebec, north of Ottawa, near the border of Ontario in Canada.

Humboldt County residents were shaken awake by a 4.4 magnitude earthquake centered 18 miles SW of Rio Dell, California at 6:46 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, . The mild shaker was approximately 19.4 km in depth and there have been no reports of damage.

Emergency crews said they will be ready if the state sees another earthquake like the one that shook parts of Central Virginia in 2011.

An earthquake with a magnitude measured at 5.9 by Japan's Meteorological Agency has struck the northeast of the country.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.4-magnitude earthquake at 9:43 a.m about 12 miles northeast of Shawville, Canada.

People on both sides of the border felt an earthquake originating around the Quebec and Ontario borders, the Canadian government said.

Did you feel it? Tell us on Facebook Interactive Map: Share where you felt the earthquake Syracuse - The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 4.4 magnitude earthquake centered 15.5 miles NNE of Shawville, Canada was recorded at 9:43 a.m. People from all over Central New York reported feeling the earthquake.

Interactive Map: Share where you felt the earthquake Syracuse - In this video, Storm Team Meteorologist Jim Teske explains the 4.4 magnitude earthquake Friday morning west of Ottawa, Canada that was felt in Central New York.