For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes, rattling windows and raising fears across California.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and warnings around the globe. But how does it measure up with the strongest earthquakes in history?

Several earthquakes, the largest measured at magnitude-3.3, were reported Thursday morning in Ventura County, the USGS says. The earthquakes were centered near Fillmore, about 25 miles northeast of Ventura.

VENTURA COUNTY, CA - A 3.3 magnitude quake was reported close to Ojai Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and unleash tsunamis. And since scientists figured out how to ...

The Record Breaking Chilean Earthquake 5, commonly referred to as the Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake. It occurred in the afternoon at 15:11 local time and lasted an astonishing 10 minutes.

The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning.