For more than a month, the San Francisco Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes — the latest in a series of seismic swarms that have rattled windows and

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.

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