Al Jazeera examines a decade of earthquake data to see how 2026 compares and explains how and where earthquakes strike.

USGS reported a magnitude 3.4 earthquake north of Coushatta Friday, the biggest quake since the historically big magnitude ...

So far in 2026, there have been 34 earthquakes with a magnitude between six and 6.9, alongside 11 earthquakes above a ...

A repeat of the quakes that devastated New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811 and 1812 could injure or kill 86,000 people across three ...

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was the most devastating in US history and although the official death toll was around 700, it’s now estimated that the actual number was closer to 3,000 which is due ...

This area is where the Nazca, South American and Caribbean tectonic plates interact, causing frequent seismic activity. It’s not clear what exact fault caused this earthquake, says independent ...

The largest earthquake in California in more than three years shook a rural part of southern Mendocino County, causing some injuries Wednesday morning and power outages. The magnitude 5.6 quake was ...

People across Granada are still feeling the ground move beneath them after an earthquake sequence that has now passed 1,000 ...

Whenever there's a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: Are earthquakes ...

A new 2026 model suggests one of Southern California’s most important fault junctions may now be more capable of transmitting a major rupture than it was during past earthquakes. The San Andreas ...