The modern system for measuring earthquakes has strengthened, and they precisely amplify and record ground motion at periods of between 0.1 and 100 seconds as a function of time. The resulting vibrations have varying values from one place to another based on distance, surface material type, and other factors.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific. The quake, the largest since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, occurred on a "megathrust fault" where the Pacific Plate slides under the North ...

The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed that a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was centered in Hasbrouck Heights at 10:18 p.m. on Aug. 2, and was felt throughout much of the region. The government agency registered the quake at a depth of 10 kilometers, or about 6.2 ...

The National Tsunami Warning Center reported that there is no risk for a "destructive tsunami" to Washington state after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

An earthquake recently struck near a small town in Colorado, and the shaking could be felt as far as Denver, the state's biggest city by population. According to Hayley Vawter of Fox Weather, the Friday morning quake hit at 6:08 MT and registered at a ...

The quake, which occurred at a shallow depth of around 10–20 kilometres beneath the seabed, was recorded at approximately 10:37 am local time, with the epicentre situated just offshore from this remote and rugged stretch of Far Eastern Russia.

A powerful earthquake struck late on Thursday night in the remote waters of the Drake Passage, a stretch of ocean that lies between the southern tip of South America and the northern edge of Antarctica. In the ocean off the shores of Chile and Argentina ...