EARTHQUAKES occur when there is a movement within the earth’s crust or volcanic action. While some earthquakes are mild and cause minor damage, some are ...

Earthquakes continue to be one of the most fear-inducing natural disasters for many cross the globe. With little to no way to forecast an earthquake, scientists and citizens alike must usually wait ...

More dan 5,000 pipo don die and thousands dey injured sake of di big earthquake wey hit south-eastern Turkey, near di Syrian border. Di earthquake happun for di early hours of Monday. E land near di ...

Experts say north Wales is a "seismically active" part of the UK, which makes it prone to more earthquakes. The largest earthquake ever recorded in the UK happened on the Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, in ...

THE people of Japan are no strangers to natural disasters, with hundreds and thousands of having been killed by quakes and tsunamis over the past century. From the notorious Tohoku earthquake which ...

The National Earthquake Information Center in the US tracks about 20,000 earthquakes every single year, adding up to about 55 quakes per day. Although most earthquakes go unnoticed, the US Geological ...

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit the mining town of Stilfontein on Wednesday March 9, 2005, trapping miners 2 400m underground. Reports initially indicated that 40 miners were ...

Swarms of earthquakes, condemned to be lost for eternity, have been revealed thanks to a newly found Hebrew note from the 15th century. A geologist working through the Vatican City's historical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we look at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People stand near the site of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar. Tremors were felt as far away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In just the past 30 days, the U.S. Geological Survey has recorded 16 earthquakes across the Carolinas, the highest one being a 2.9 ...

The region along the Mediterranean Sea separating Africa from Europe is a tectonic hotspot, because it's the meeting place of the Eurasian and African plates. It is no surprise, then, that northwest ...