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SAN FRANCISCO – An earthquake shook parts of the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning. According to the U.S.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says fracking from Houston-based Encino Energy caused a series of earthquakes.

President Bill Clinton permanently closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House after more than 200 years of mostly ...

The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

The Texas Railroad Commission announced stricter guidelines for saltwater disposal wells in the Permian Basin to address seismic risks.

Witnesses and independent media reports say that an airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central ...

SpaceX received key U.S. regulatory approval on Tuesday to increase the annual rate of Starship rocket launches from Texas ...

Most recently, an earthquake struck New Mexico on Saturday, May 3, during the evening hours, and those in West Texas felt the tremor. Since the magnitude of the May 3 tremor was a 5.4, the quake ...

Faris Tanyos is a news editor for CBSNews.com, where he writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. He previously worked as a digital news producer at several local news stations up and ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 just struck West Texas. It could become the strongest earthquake in the Lone Star State since 1931. Twenty minutes later, the 6.5 Magnitude ...

However, no damages or injuries have been reported following Friday's earthquakes. While West Texas has several fault lines, the earthquakes were likely caused by induced seismicity—earthquakes ...