A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11 ... It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The clearing-up process in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, in 2004 The Boxing Day earthquake ...

The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland's largest eruption for 300 years back in 2014. After a recent ...

The worst in modern Los Angeles history was the 6.7-magnitude Northridge ... Many newcomers have no idea the havoc a big ...

Yet, the biggest or mega earthquake threat is from the Cascadia ... Researchers say the history of this subduction zone shows it generates such an earthquake and tsunami about every 300 to 500 ...

It’s the biggest and most active oil basin in ... to alleviate the water pressure underground. The history of earthquakes in recent years is shown in figure 2. The bad news is that earthquakes ...

The Pacific Northwest is at risk for a mega-earthquake because of the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The region is primed for powerful quakes, with a particularly strong one called the Big One ...

Throughout history, January 12 has been witness to some big moments. In 2010, Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake that ...

“It is a big earthquake," a woman can be heard saying. "People are all shaking.” A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging ...

Taiwan came out relatively unscathed despite experiencing its biggest earthquake in over two decades. "It is quite remarkable that given an earthquake of this magnitude, we have seen so few ...

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11 ... It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The Boxing Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local time and, during the day, multiple ...