In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers prepare to conduct a search and rescue at a collapsed building in the ...

If the earthquake occurs, a tremblor measuring 7, the highest level on Japan's seismic intensity scale, is forecast to be recorded in a total of 149 municipalities in 10 of the country's 47 ...

A mild earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi Yomi district on Monday afternoon, ...

World Trending India News The Indian classification ranks seismic zones from II to V. Seismic zone II is the least risky, whereas zones IV and V are the worst.

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

The shockwaves travelled to Thailand; tremors were felt across much of the country, causing the collapse of a high-rise ...

Earthquakes are known for being destructive forces of nature, but not all of them actually stem from purely natural causes.

The modern scale measures a quantity called “moment magnitude” (denoted as Mw), which is based on variables such as the area ...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, the country's ...

Aftershocks are low-scale tremors that occur hours or days after the principal earthquake and can be stressful for survivors ...