When you think of an earthquake’s effects, you may think earthquakes have an indiscriminate or uniform effect on everybody. But in reality, if you live in a poor part of town, your buildings are ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

A once-every-500-years earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could shake for five minutes and cause 100-foot tsunami waves. New research says that would be just the start of the horrors.

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet ...

The 2011 earthquake in Japan killed nearly 20,000 people and left over 2,500 missing. The Fukushima nuclear disaster was directly caused by the ensuing tsunami and flooding.

Distance from epicentre - the effects of an earthquake are more severe at its centre. Population density - the more people living in an area, the more likely that more deaths and casualties may arise.

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake near San Diego rattled Southern California on Monday morning. The quake centered near San Diego, but shockwaves were felt as far as Los Angeles more than 100 miles away ...

Tsunamis can occur when an underwater earthquake rapidly displaces massive amounts of water, leading to a large, long wave that builds in intensity as it crosses the ocean.

An earthquake in Greenback, Tennessee has left some effects in Georgia, ... Earthquake effects felt in Middle Georgia, reports say. What we know. By Jeremy Chisenhall. May 10, 2025 10:39 AM.