The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, strongly condemn the Myanmar military for continuing to impose ...

A Chicago native who just moved to Thailand to teach spoke with ABC7 about the scary moments she experienced as a deadly 7.7 ...

Sixty-one years ago today, March 27, 1964, the second most powerful earthquake on the planet shook Alaska and affected every ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Reports of shaking are coming in from southeastern Canada and into New York as officials recorded a 3.6-magnitude earthquake in Québec, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

The strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Carolina — and on the East Coast of the United States — was a devastating 7.3 in Charleston in 1886. That quake killed 60 people and was felt ...

the Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857 was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in California. The quake left a surface rupture scar just over 217 miles long along the San Andreas fault.

Naples has been rocked by one of the worst earthquakes in the region for 40 ... It comes after a 4.4-magnitude quake was recorded last May, making this quake the joint strongest to hit the area ...