Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock ...

STRONG EARTHQUAKES RARE IN MAINE While Maine doesn't typically have strong earthquakes, it is not uncommon for microquakes with a magnitude of less than 2.0 to occur. State Geologist Ryan ... what's ...

While earthquakes are uncommon in the state, the Department of Environmental ... originally formed by continents colliding, this big fault zone, called the Norumbega Fault Zone, formed that ...

This week was the USGS Northern California Earthquake Hazards Workshop (NCEHW). I joined other earthquake hazards professionals for three days of virtual talks and discussions about the latest ...

Earthquakes have been recorded in almost every part of the state, but there are clusters where they are more common, particularly in West Texas. The region has the most fault zones in the state ...

Hurt Scholar at Caltech. His research focuses on understanding earthquakes, fault zones, and their hazard potential in California and beyond. It is essential to the National Academy of Sciences ...

A 3.7-magnitude earthquake had rumbled along the southern end of the New Madrid Seismic Zone ... in California or the valleys in Utah. It’s all under the Delta soil here. “Earthquakes can happen ...

You never know when an earthquake can strike on the most volatile and dangerous fault ... zone], and people will get excited again,” said Lacey Kanipe, the public information officer for the ...

Earthquake Awareness Month serves as a crucial reminder of the importance of preparedness, especially for Arkansans living within the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). Nearly 200 earthquakes occur ...