The US Geological Survey (USGS) says an increase or decrease in global seismicity does not necessarily indicate that a large ...

New technologies are helping detect earthquakes and minimise destruction, but predicting a specific tremor remains a ...

Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

A tsunami warning was cancelled for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake, according to the U.S.

The earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand has resulted in over a thousand fatalities and caused major destruction. The ...

The scale of damage in Myanmar, which has recorded 1,644 deaths and 2,376 injuries, appears to be devastating. Religious ...

Thousands streamed out of their buildings in scenes of panic and chaos after the quake struck at around midday on Friday ... active countries in the world. But earthquakes of such magnitude ...

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar killed 2,886+ people and injured 4,500+. Experts explain that earthquake frequency ...