Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

A small earthquake shook parts of central New Jersey on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 1.8-magnitude quake struck shortly before 8:30 a.m. about 4.5 miles from ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

A major, 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Myanmar on Friday ... which made it likely to cause violent shaking. The temblor happened at 12:50 p.m. Myanmar time about 10 miles northwest of ...

These earthquakes typically last 20 to 60 seconds and shaking is localized to the area near the fault, according to the DNR. Deep earthquakes: Deep faults happen when two tectonic plates collide ...

Myanmar, Thailand Earthquake: A strong earthquake hit central Myanmar, causing widespread panic as people fled buildings in Yangon and even in Bangkok, Thailand's capital, seeking safety from the ...

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled Southern California ... According to the agency's ShakeMap, minor shaking was felt as far east as Palmdale and south to Huntington Beach.

The earthquake's epicentre was near Mandalay, Myanmar, 597 kilometres South-East from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department office in Agargaon, Dhaka, confirmed Shahnaz Sultana, meteorologist ...

Comments such as 'I woke up from sleep in Beijing because of the earthquake. It lasted for 2 to 3 seconds, and the bed shook violently,' and 'I thought someone was shaking the chair' are being posted.

A crumbling regime? As survivors dig through the rubble with their bare hands, many see the earthquake as a symbolic shake-up for a regime that has ruled through violence and fear. "Even the bones ...