Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit Guam around 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, based on U.S. Geological Survey data. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there's “no tsunami threat to ...

KITTERY, Maine – A normal day quickly shifted into brief chaos as a rare earthquake erupted off the coast of Maine on Monday morning, and the shaking was captured on video. It was originally reported ...

The tsunami killed more than 220,000 in Thailand ... Kehoe ran into her parents' room, and her mom said not to worry, it was just an earthquake — they had those often in their native New Zealand ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off York Harbor ... though there was no threat of a tsunami afterward. People around the Seacoast, southern Maine and in Strafford County reported feeling the quick ...

The depth of the earthquake was more than eight miles underground, according to the USGS. There was no tsunami threat to New England, the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center reported.

While the earthquake happened at the bottom of the ocean, it did not trigger any tsunami. Ebel said it would have had to be at least a magnitude 6.0 -- or about 100 times more powerful than the ...

BOSTON – People around New England felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor on Monday. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?

There is currently no tsunami threat in New England, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center. The earthquake hit just before 10:30 on Monday morning, impacting residents throughout New ...

Parts of Massachusetts and New England felt a "once every five year" rumble and shake Monday morning when a small earthquake hit the area.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.8 magnitude ...

I'm just hopping on to remind everyone. What was that? Was that just an earthquake? VIDEO: Monday's earthquake will likely be one we won't soon forget. The moment it hit, see some reaction videos ...