Thousands of earthquakes occur every day. Most are too minor to feel but strong earthquakes can cause massive destruction—like this bridge that collapsed in Taiwan after an magnitude 6.8 ...

The 7.5- magnitude earthquake beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, occurred when a 'dual-initiation mechanism' applied enough energy from two different locations to break through a ...

A study published in the journal Earthquake Research Advances sheds light on the relationship between the 2024 magnitude 7.6 Noto Hanto earthquake and a sizable earthquake swarm that began beneath ...

The magnitude 4.4 earthquake that rattled Los Angeles Monday was centered within one of the region's most potentially destructive fault systems, one capable of producing a magnitude 7.5 earthquake ...

The magnitude 4.7 earthquake just north of Malibu on Thursday morning adds to what scientists say is an unusually active year for moderate earthquakes in Southern California. The Malibu earthquake ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Two large earthquakes have occurred in the early morning of February 6th in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria.

The first seven months of 2024 have been so eventful, it's easy to forget that the year started off with a magnitude 7.5 earthquake centered beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day.

But a newly resurfaced engineering study reveals another problem: Major structural deficiencies could turn the aging building into a deathtrap in the event of an earthquake. Completed in 2006 ...

More than 380 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit an Indonesian city on Friday. Waves up to 3m (10ft) high swept through Palu on Sulawesi ...

LOS ANGELES — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in Los Angeles at 12:20 p.m. PT, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The "notable" quake had an initial reported intensity of 4.7 but has ...

On December 28, 1908, at approximately 5:20am, Europe's most powerful earthquake shook southern Italy. Centered in the Messina Strait, which separates Sicily from Calabria, the quake's magnitude ...