Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

which did a lot of damage.” The largest earthquake ever recorded in or off the coast of Maine was in 1907, where a 5.7-magnitude quake occurred in extreme Downeast Maine, within Passamaquoddy Bay.

One of the largest earthquakes ever reported in New England happened ... according to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Seismologists record about 900,000 earthquakes worldwide every ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in West Texas late Friday evening ... the commission has made efforts to reduce ...

The largest earthquake ever recorded within the park struck close to Norris Geyser Basin in 1975. That earthquake was a magnitude 6, but there was little damage and no injuries reported at the ...

Around 10:30 p.m. on February 10, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook parts of North Idaho near the cities of Mullan and Wallace ...

The largest earthquake ever to hit Maine was over a century ago — at a magnitude 5.7 in 1904. Today’s tremor is the 18th strongest earthquake to occur in or off the coast of Maine on record.

It was the first time he’d ever felt an earthquake that strong ... usually isn’t mistaken for anything. The largest earthquake recorded in Maine was a magnitude 5.7 near the Canadian ...

Several weeks ago, Maine experienced an earthquake that registered 3.8 on the Richter scale and could be felt from Bangor to New York City. According to the Kennebec Journal, that earthquake happened ...

Recommended Videos A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in West Texas late Friday ... reduce seismic activity in West Texas. After the largest Texas earthquake in three decades struck near ...