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 ...

One earthquake by itself isn’t enough to create a new tectonic plate, even if it’s really large. New tectonic plates can form when the forces acting on the edges of an existing plate change.

Another weak earthquake struck the Malaysian state of Johor on Thursday (Aug 28), registering a magnitude of 2.5.  The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) said the quake occurred at ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - on Wednesday around midday, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake was reported close to The Geysers, ...

Most earthquakes occur when a geological fault, a fracture within the Earth’s crust, slips and releases energy. Individual faults, some of which form the tectonic plate boundaries, build up ...

An earthquake is a sudden release of energy beneath the surface that causes the ground to shake. Most earthquakes form along underground fault lines, which are fractures or boundaries between two ...

Nearly 90% of tsunamis are natural disasters caused by earthquakes, but not all earthquakes form tsunamis: A few conditions have to be met first.

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the ...

A 3.0-magnitude earthquake Sunday Aug. 3 originated in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, about 15 miles from Rockland County, New York.