It is the deadliest recorded quake in history. Probably the second deadliest earthquake in recorded history and the worst of the past 100 years also occurred in China. At 3:42 local time, on July 28, ...

Scientists have found an explanation for the deadliest earthquake in European history, which destroyed Lisbon in 1755. Earth ...

A magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia threatened tens of millions of people with a tsunami risk. So why did Tuesday's mega-quake cause so little harm?

A magnitude 8.8 monster off the eastern coast of Russia threatened tens of millions of people with a tsunami risk. So why did Tuesday's mega-quake cause so little harm?

It was one of the strongest tremors in recorded history, but Wednesday's megathrust earthquake brought less tsunami damage ...

With more than 11,000 people dead, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is the deadliest since a 2011 temblor and tsunami in Japan.

An earthquake rattled homes and sent people scurrying outside when it struck the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd. The quake’s epicentre was 1.5 miles away from the UK’s biggest ever recorded earthquake four ...

Devastating earthquakes have occurred within the last five years, resulting in enormous destruction and fatalities all around the world. These catastrophes altered cities, uprooted thousands of ...

Humans have experienced earthquakes for thousands of years. Earthquakes are among the most common geological phenomena, with small tremors occurring hundreds of times per day, medium size quakes ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami across the Pacific were fading after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off ...

Scientists say a warning system could have given people on the Alaska Peninsula 10 seconds or more to brace themselves for July's M7.3 earthquake.

The 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific occurred on what is known as a ...