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

Unlike hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, earthquakes don't have an annual season that homeowners can prepare for. But they do hit certain parts of the country more than ...

One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake. By Hannah Beech The five young doctors took up their mission together: defying Myanmar’s ...

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck near Dublin, California on Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit around 4:58 p.m. local time about three miles west ...

The powerful earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 had its source in central Myanmar, about 20 km from Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city. Mandalay, located on the east bank of the ...

As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyar sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake to hit ...

Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The miraculous ...

Four days after a massive earthquake toppled buildings across Myanmar, isolated stories were still emerging Monday of people being pulled alive from the rubble. The confirmed death toll has ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday.

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said ...

The personnel have commenced site-reconnaissance for establishing a hospital in the earthquake-devastated city, Army officials said. The figure was a sharp rise compared to the 1,002 announced ...

By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok Myanmar’s military on Wednesday declared a 21-day cease-fire to support relief and reconstruction efforts in the wake of a devastating earthquake in the ...