Japan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

The biggest and most powerful earthquake to ever be recorded was in South America ... in over 230,000 deaths acrosss 14 countries. The worst hit areas included Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and ...

causing numerous structures to come crashing down in one of the worst earthquakes the region has seen. The scale of damage in Myanmar, which has recorded 1,644 deaths and 2,376 injuries ...

Edjang described what it was like when the earthquake hit. "It was just the most terrifying experience ever," Edjang said. "I was in my apartment, and things started to shift and started to move ...

Advertisement It is the worst earthquake to strike Myanmar, a poor nation of 54.13 million, since 1912, when 7.9-magnitude quake hit, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1991, a 7.0 ...

scientists warn that the worst may be yet to come. Myanmar sits directly on top of the Sagaing Fault - a highly active earthquake zone stretching 745 miles (1,200 km) through the heart of the country.