About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and ...

The magnitude measures the energy released by the rupture of the fault causing an earthquake. Seismic intensity, in contrast, measures surface damage. VIDEOGRAPHIC Mom Worried If New Rescue Dog Had ...

Pasadena, Calif.'s City Hall is seen Monday. Ryan Sun/AP When the 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area Monday afternoon, Angelenos reported a lengthy quake with significant shaking.

A rare earthquake stuck off the coast of Maine on Monday, causing people to report feeling shaking all throughout New England and into New York. A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded at 10:22 a.m.

Ryan Sun / AP When the 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area Monday afternoon, Angelenos reported a lengthy quake with significant shaking. But the number attached to an earthquake only ...