Earthquakes

The U.S. Geological Survey gave the magnitude as 7.4. The quake collapsed buildings and created a tsunami that washed ashore on southern Japanese islands. At least 9 people died, officials said.

Authorities say a 2.3 magnitude earthquake shook a portion of central North Carolina early Wednesday, the second earthquake to hit the region within a week.

Haiti’s death toll is nearing 2,000 after last weekend’s earthquake. Now, Charlotte’s Haitian community is coming together to collect supplies to send back home.

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of western North Carolina on Tuesday and was felt in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky as well, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti over the weekend, leaving the more than 5,000 Haitians that live in North Carolina reeling for their home country. One local Haitian woman still has family back home and is trying to help them.

LOS ANGELES -- The largest Southern California quake in nearly 20 years jolted an area stretching from Sacramento to Las Vegas to Mexico as it cracked…

SAN FRANCISCO -- An earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday morning, making hanging lamps sway and photo…

Several hundred South Mecklenburg High School students defied school faculty by walking out of class Friday morning, chanting and waving Mexican national…

Scientists have long wondered why the southeastern United States gets so many earthquakes. A UNC Chapel Hill study offers one answer. If you know even the…