The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked ...

Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of ...

Two earthquakes in Arkansas on Friday ...

The UK has been hit by an earthquake amid a wave of seismic activity across the country over recent weeks. A 3.1 magnitude earthquake hit Inchlaggan in the Scottish Highlands on Friday afternoon, the ...

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted Pakistan early Saturday, triggering widespread panic across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and ...

Large distant earthquakes in the past have generated tsunamis that caused significant damage and deaths in Hawaii. In 1946, a ...

Tsunamis are rare but the risk is real. Learn which U.S. coasts face the most risk and how to protect your home.

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, ...

Indonesia’s frequent earthquakes are not random; they can be traced back to the dynamic and powerful forces of plate tectonics. But what exactly is plate tectonics, and how does it cause Indonesia to ...

The UK has been rocked by a sharp quake close to a scenic hiking hotspot, as well as a cluster of other tremors - just days ...

The twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi were once again jolted by an earthquake in the early hours of August 3. According to National Disaster ...

Kuril Island: An Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 was recorded on the east of the Kuril Islands late on Friday, as reported by the ...