A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on ...

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on record.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, ...

As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and u ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake – one of the most powerful in recorded history – struck off the coast of Russia Tuesday, prompting tsunami watches and warnings around the globe. But how does it ...

The devastatingly destructive earthquake in Japan is being called the largest in the country's recorded history. The Japanese have been keeping records of seismic aberrations for centuries. But ...

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench—seven kilometers below sea level—lie hidden clues about some of ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded has sent a tsunami crashing into a Russian port and smaller waves ...

Archaeologists have found evidence of the largest known earthquake in human history — a terrifying magnitude-9.5 megaquake that caused a 5,000-mile-long (8,000 kilometers) tsunami and prompted human ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit New Jersey on Friday, shaking the northern region of the state and parts of New York. This is the first major quake to hit the East Coast since 2011.