Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose.

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. One quake hit Rialto, California, in the ...

A second minor earthquake has rattled the New York metropolitan area within several days. The 2.7 magnitude quake struck ...