A strong, 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Japan on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:19 p.m. Japan time about 7 miles southeast of Miyazaki, Japan, data from the agency shows.

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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported an earthquake southwest of Shreveport on Saturday. The USGS recorded the earthquake at 2:12 p.m. with a 3.5 Magnitude located 1.2 miles southwest of the Mooringsport area.

The United States Geological Survey reports a small earthquake was recorded on Saturday morning just outside of the Bootheel.

MOORINGSPORT, La. - An earthquake shook Mooringsport early Saturday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck 2 km. southwest of Mooringsport at 2:10 p.m.

Disabled scientists are trying to make research labs and fieldwork more accessible. They say labs and field sites aren’t designed to serve them.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on Thursday afternoon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake struck around 3:24 p.m. PT in the Chugach Mountains near the city of Valdez, which has a population of about 3,900. The epicenter was east of Anchorage.

“As long as we continue to build houses with wood in places that are expected to burn, the only outcome we can expect is that houses will burn,” says Michele Barbato, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Davis. “We need to build noncombustible homes.”

Apocalypse as a happy ending? Only in Los Angeles. It's an idea that's epicentral to the identity of the place.

The coldest air of the winter is about to descend across the United States, and the upcoming Arctic express could set off loud booms that feel like earthquakes. These events, known as frost quakes, occur when plummeting temperatures cause water in the ground to freeze.

Experts and advocates, who often have a vested stake in creative doomsaying, seem particularly gifted at ginning up hypothetical links to misfortunes that may or may not occur.