Q&A: Arizona earthquake history, preparation and more

Prescott AZ / MMI VIII (Severe shaking): Woke suddenly at 2329 ..heard rumbling like a heavy truck going up road and glass sliding door make slight cracking noise. I have felt earthquakes in California and Japan and they all have had similar

On Wednesday, multiple federal, state, and local agencies, along with representatives from non-governmental, private and voluntary organizations, will conduct a statewide exercise to test their ability to respond to a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.

The Arizona Geological Survey says there's no record of aftershocks following Sunday night's three earthquakes in Black Canyon City. But Geological Extension Service Chief Michael Conway says, you can expect hundreds more aftershocks, 

The survey says most of the hundreds of earthquakes that occur annually in Arizona go unnoticed but that there's a potential for life-threatening quakes of large magnitude. In November 2014, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near 

The Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and Northern Arizona University operate several seismometers throughout the state. Using 15 stations, 5 of which are not currently used by the National Earthquake Information Center