The Washington area has had small, infrequent earthquakes over the years, including a 2.5-magnitude quake in 1997 that was within 25 to 30 miles of Friday's and a 2.3-magnitude quake in 1996 that ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has ordered a new report on seismic danger, adding to a paper trail of recommendations that have largely been ignored for decades.

A small earthquake shook the ground in Virginia northwest of Richmond on Tuesday evening, causing no immediate reports of damage or injury but prompting a response from Gov. Glenn Youngkin. More ...

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a 4.6 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Three Lakes area of Washington state Latest U.S.

Earthquake dangers to older schools: Washington needs to be shaken awake, since 70 percent of its schools are in areas of high seismic risk, says a new state report.

The damage inflicted at the top of the Washington Monument in last year’s earthquake equaled or exceeded anything the monument might suffer from an earthquake over the course of more than 2,000 ...

Report by Amal Shehadeh, English adaptation by Yasmine Jaroudi Israel woke up Sunday to what many described as a political ...

MORTON, Wash. - A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near Morton, Washington, early Thursday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at about 12:58 a.m., roughly 5 ...

Researchers painted a grim picture of what could happen in the Pacific Nortwest: "Along the Washington, Oregon, and northern California coasts, the next great Cascadia subduction zone earthquake ...

Shaking was felt across northwestern Washington early Monday morning as an earthquake struck the San Juan Islands region near ...

Hundreds of people reported feeling the effects of an earthquake in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a minor event that appears to ...

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast Tuesday, generating shaking felt as far as Washington state — 375 miles from the epicenter. The tremblor hit at a depth of roughly six ...