A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, Aug. 21, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The ...

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. - A 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Big Lake, Washington early Friday morning. According to the ...

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Neah Bay Monday evening. According to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, ...

Washington's ShakeAlert earthquake early warning network will officially go live statewide on May 4, but won't be fully completed until 2025.

A spike in earthquakes at Mount Adams, a volcano in Washington state, prompted scientists to install additional monitoring instruments to assess the seismic activity.

On April 13, 1949, at 11:55 am, Tacoma was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. Bob Anderle (far right) looks down at the broken gable and the facing bricks that fell from one of the dormer windows ...

USGS said the system does not predict earthquakes, but instead detects ground movement after an earthquake has already begun. The system currently covers California, Oregon, and Washington state.

Washington has frequent earthquakes. How to be prepared for an earthquake, and what to do during the quake and after an earthquake in Washington state.

An early warning network called ShakeAlert goes live in Washington state Tuesday, offering several seconds notice that an earthquake is on the way. But initially some Washingtonians will be at a ...

An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Newsweek reached out to the USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program via email ...

Hundreds of public schools across Washington are located in areas where they could suffer damage in a major earthquake. But more than a decade after the state set out to evaluate school seismic ...