Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

Belief in "earthquake weather" is common, especially in California, but scientists are clear that there is no such thing. Weather systems, including rain, wind, temperature changes, or barometric ...

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Bogo City in Cebu on Tuesday evening has already claimed 68 lives, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). Occurring at ...

Earthquakes usually strike without warning. But sometimes they come in clusters — dozens or even hundreds of small quakes concentrated in one area over days or weeks. Geologists call these clusters ...

Earthquakes in the American state of Utah, the Soultz-sous-Forêts region of France or in the Dutch province of Groningen should not be able to occur even if the subsurface has been exploited for ...

(Reuters) -More than 1,400 people were killed and over 3,100 injured after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan around midnight on Sunday. As rescue efforts continue, here is a look at why ...

A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 1,650 people in Myanmar and Thailand, leaving the region reeling as rescuers pick through vast piles of rubble to find missing people. Thousands ...

There's a chance even more earthquakes will occur in the same area, a USGS research geologist told Newsweek.