If you've ever wondered where — and why — earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century's worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough ...

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A major, 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:16 p.m. Eastern, data from the agency ...

When a new earthquake is recorded by any monitoring station around the world, it shows up on this new real time map, created by Mapbox using USGS earthquake data feed. The dots on the map ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered ...

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The ...

The map shows earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater since 1898; each is marked in a lightning-bug hue that glows brighter with increasing magnitude.

If you've ever wondered where — and why — earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century's worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough ...

An advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of high seismic and volcanic activity. It is responsible for most of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Subduction zones drive this activity. Major ...

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Russia that sparked tsunamis on Tuesday is one of the strongest quakes recorded anywhere in the world.