How to prepare for a 9.0 earthquake The city wants residents to have enough supplies on hand for at least two weeks should the Big One arrive, Adeogun said.

When the magnitude of the earthquake off Tohoku, Japan, was calculated to be 9.0, it joined the ranks of "megathrust" earthquakes -- exceptionally large ruptures involving 5 to 10 meters of slip ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, ...

The recent Kamchatka quake ties for sixth on the all-time list. Here are the top five earthquakes by magnitude.

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...

Here's what we know about what caused the earthquake off Russia's Far East and why the tsunami it generated weren't as big as ...

The strongest earthquake ever recorded, a magnitude 9.5, struck Chile’s southern coast in 1960. Below is a list and details of the most powerful earthquakes on record, according to the U.S. Geological ...

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest recorded since the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off northeastern Japan in March 2011 ...

The earthquake, which hit near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula at about 11:25 local time (00:25 BST), is believed to be one of ...