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

Earthquakes can make it harder for whales to find food, first-ever study says In 2016, a major earthquake wiped out whole animal communities, sending impacts reverberating up the food chain.

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called ...

The complex geology of the region makes it difficult to study and predict its hazards, University of Leeds earthquake researcher Laura Gregory tells National Geographic.

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

Gran Canaria, one of Spain ’s Canary Islands and a go-to holiday spot for Britons, was shaken by its largest earthquake in 60 ...

The traces of ancient earthquakes under the seafloor in New Zealand are helping predict future tremors.