A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 2.4 struck near the Missouri-Illinois border Saturday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It happened at around 6:00 p.m. Central Time on February ...

Frost quakes — loud booms from underground during freezing temperatures — might be alarming to hear, but meteorologists say they seldom cause damage.

and southern Illinois. Little Rock, Nashville, Memphis, and St. Louis are the largest nearby cities that could experience significant damage from a major earthquake there. About 12 million people ...

The area’s most significant recorded earthquake was a magnitude 5.4 event in 1968, which caused damage in southern Illinois.