The quake also damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history. This earthquake was the largest ever recorded in Japan ...

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

A 9.5 earthquake that struck about 3,800 years in northern Chile was the greatest in human history, according to a new study.

What are the biggest earthquakes in history as huge 7.7 magnitude hits Myanmar? - Massive Myanmar earthquake causes widespread destruction, with hundreds feared dead ...

It was one of the strongest tremors in recorded history, but Wednesday's megathrust earthquake brought less tsunami damage ...

The earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake to strike North America, and the second-largest earthquake ever measured.

Earthquakes comprise some of the deadliest natural disasters in history.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Russia’s Far East, causing tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and ...

The US Geological survey said the earthquake was shallow, with its epicentre at a depth of about 19km (12 miles) and 119 km ...

By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — A new study has found evidence that the largest earthquake in history may have been a 9.5 magnitude Chilean quake that ...

And the 1952 earthquake, a 7.3-magnitude quake that hit Kern County, was the third largest earthquake in recorded California history.

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on record.