Another weak earthquake struck the Malaysian state of Johor on Thursday (Aug 28), registering a magnitude of 2.5.  The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the quake occurred at ...

Turkey has been rocked by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake tonight (Sunday) as rescuers and locals search collapsed buildings for ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called ...

Among the active volcanic eruptions was the Krasheninnikov volcano, a previously at least 400-year-dormant volcano.

While most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries, they can also happen along faults within a single tectonic plate. Read more ...

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 ...

Rest of World News: The world has witnessed several catastrophic earthquakes, with the 1960 Valdivia, Chile quake topping the list at magnitude 9.5. These seismic events, ...

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

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Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic fluid pressures were higher.

A decade of river data shows how the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake triggered lasting sediment shifts - and long-term risks - in ...