N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

The quake also was felt in parts of Indiana and Michigan, according to the USGS. WTOL Channel 11 reports there are no known faults in the area where the earthquake occurred. The Ohio Department of ...

Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...

Taylor Patterson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said a 2.9 magnitude earthquake took place in Lake ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

(CBS DETROIT) – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed a 2.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday in Lake Michigan, about 24 miles southeast of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Officials say the ...