Earthquakes occur more often than you think. Here’s what you need to know about where they usually happen and how they’re ...

With Australia's most significant earthquake disaster occurring more than 35 years ago, many people consider quakes to be quite rare in Australia. But it turns out they're more common than you'd think ...

Along with tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, earthquakes are among the most destructive types of natural disasters. They occur when rocky material deep underground shifts suddenly, causing the ...

Trying to predict an earthquake's arrival may not yet be possible, but learning about what causes them and remaining ever vigilant for the next one is vital.

The recent, small earthquakes that rattled the New York metro area serve as a reminder that seismic activity does occur in ...

Earthquakes can rattle large swathes of the country. Here's what causes the geologic phenomenon.

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

When an earthquake occurs, it is recorded on numerous seismographs located in different directions. The seismograms at these locations show when the first seismic waves, the primary waves, arrive and ...

Earthquakes are primarily caused by movements in the Earth's crust, generating sound waves that propagate through the Earth. According to Derrick Hasterok, a lecturer in earth sciences at the ...

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100 feet (30.5 meters), ...

Tsunami waves have reached the US west coast after a 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's eastern coast triggered warnings ...