About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. A quick guide to how they are measured.

The main shock is the most powerful earthquake. “So from a physics standpoint, they’re literally all just earthquakes,” Lozos said. Foreshocks are the quakes that happen before a large ...

In the hours after, social media was abuzz with discussions on how an earthquake can happen in Malaysia since the country is ...

Earthquake: An earthquake is a dangerous natural disaster that causes significant damage to life and property worldwide every year. Understanding earthquakes is essential for everyone, and in this ...

Learn everything about earthquakes from types and magnitudes to prediction methods, fault lines, and safety tips. Know how to ...

Most earthquakes originate from compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving plates that make up the earth's surface.

Many earthquakes indeed happen as a result of plates rubbing against each other. You can explore “in the laboratory” how earthquakes occur by rubbing two wooden blocks against each other. If the ...

The East Coast is crisscrossed with ancient faults, including the Ramapo Fault that runs through southeastern New York.

Friday's earthquake off Mexico was the largest in that region in over a century, and will add pressure to a region already being battered by several other natural disasters.