A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded late Monday near Madison in Lake County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA – This year, Santa Barbara is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the earthquake that changed the course ...

People all across the Bay Area will dive under desks on Thursday morning at 10:16 am to take cover. That’s not a prediction of a major earthquake. Rather, it’s part of increasingly popular statewide ...

There was no tsunami threat to the Marianas from the earthquake, and no major damages or injuries were reported.

You can’t blame Floridians for being skeptical when they heard there was an earthquake off the east coast last week. Life on Florida's Space Coast means you’re used to sonic booms, loud rumblings that ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile in July 2024—and it wasn’t supposed to be that strong. Unlike Chile ...