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Texans near San Antonio experienced a 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Fracking uses water, sand and chemicals, blasted under super high pressure into rock formations, to release oil and natural ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New England on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Kevin Skarupa says East Coast earthquakes are typically felt across a larger area than West Coast ones, despite the fact that quakes in the western U.S. are typically stronger and more frequent.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away ...