Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s powerful earthquake – among the 10 strongest in recorded history and the largest worldwide since 2011 – has caused building damage and injuries ...

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

Earthquakes around the world have rattled the Nevada home of the world’s rarest fish deep in a hole in Nye County.

Russia's massive quake has already triggered at least 10 aftershocks, and could continue for months, according to scientists.

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

Russia’s far-east area felt one of the strongest earthquakes in history on July 30, 2025, early Wednesday, which caused a tsunami in Japan, Hawaii, Alaska and California.United States ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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Australia is a long way from the tectonic plate boundaries where most earthquakes happen – but we can’t escape the forces ...

All 10 most powerful earthquakes recorded in modern history were located on the Ring of Fire. Here’s why the underlying structure of our planet makes this part of the world so volatile.