A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the largest earthquakes on record. And since scientists figured out how to measure earthquake ...

The quake also damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, leading to one of the biggest nuclear disasters in history. This earthquake was the largest ever recorded in Japan ...

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

A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, immediately triggering tsunami warnings for Japan and the U.S. The quake, one of the six largest ever ...

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 ...

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

The magnitude 3.8 earthquake on Jan. 27 was centered 6.2 miles southeast of York Harbor but was felt as far north as Bangor and as far south as New York City. During that event, people across southern ...

The recent Kamchatka quake ties for sixth on the all-time list. Here are the top five earthquakes by magnitude.

The Russian Coast’s strongest earthquake since 1952 provided enough energy for six volcanoes adjacent to the Ring of Fire to ...