The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Samoa on Friday, but ...

The quake occurred 440 kilometres (273 miles) southwest of the capital Apia at a depth of 314 kilometres (195 miles), the US Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu also ...