The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake's epicenter was about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico.

In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, researchers warned.

The Cascadia subduction zone could pose a major threat to the West Coast if a high magnitude earthquake were to occur, ...

The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes — and ...

Washington state has seen several recent earthquakes ranging from small tremors near Tacoma and Vashon Island to larger ...

A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific ...

New Zealand, which is home to 5 million people, sits on the “Ring of Fire”, an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean ...

Earthquakes are often perceived as a Western US phenomenon, but history tells a different story. Some of the largest earthquakes in US history have occurred in the East, challenging the notion that ...

New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop ...

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