Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck central Colombia, authorities said. No casualties were immediately reported.

Residents fled outside as a powerful earthquake shook buildings in Turkey. Footage shows locals gathered in the streets as ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook a ceiling fan as it rattled homes in southwestern Turkey. CCTV footage shows the fixture ...

California has experienced three earthquakes in the last 24 hours in an area being closely monitored for a major quake. The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic activity along the San ...

Anyone who felt tremors and shaking or heard rumbling from Thursday morning’s earthquake can report it to the USGS. The South Carolina Emergency Management Division map of fault lines in the ...

Thus, earthquakes generate catastrophic financial impacts on communities globally. This is exacerbated in low-income regions, e.g., in Asia and Central and South ... on fault lines, yet they ...

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped band of fault lines that circles the Pacific ... stretches from the southern tip of South America, up and along the west coast of North America, across ...