Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

California isn't the state with the most, the moon experiences them too, and plenty of other surprising facts about seismic tremors.

Like lots of scary things, earthquakes are also fascinating, interesting and even cool in their own way. There's more to earthquakes than just knowing how to drop, cover and hold on. Think you ...

View Earthquake Fast Facts from CNN and learn more about earthquakes worldwide.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific ...