PM IST, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook Kyushu, Japan, a region often prone to seismic activity. Despite the intensity of the quake, initial reports suggest that there have been no significant ...

Aid is trickling into Myanmar, hampered by buckled roads and piles of debris. So far, 1,600 people are confirmed dead, and the toll is expected to rise.

With rescue operations and global aid efforts underway in Myanmar and Thailand, here's a look back at some of the worst ...

Earthquakes typically occur along edges of tectonic plates. But their impacts may be felt in a broader region.

Residents scrambled desperately through collapsed buildings Sunday searching for survivors as aftershocks rattled the devastated city of Mandalay, two days after a massive earthquake killed more than ...

In the five days after Myanmar’s March 28 earthquake, the military regime launched 32 airstrikes on 11 locations, including ...

Aftershocks are triggered ... including California and Japan, building codes are often designed to withstand earthquakes. But that's not true everywhere. “If you feel shaking, the guidance ...

Cornell-led researchers drilled 7 km deep into the Japan Trench to study the fault behind the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, ...