Earthquakes are common at Mount Rainier, happening about nine times every month, the agency said. Swarms of earthquakes ...

Here is a summary of the top-five deadliest earthquakes since 1900, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey: 1. A magnitude 7.5 quake in Tangshan, China, in 1976 killed 255,000 people. 2.

Mount Rainier is considered an active volcano and has not had a significant eruption in the past 500 years. However, it is ...

The earthquakes are the deadliest to occur in the world since a massive 2005 quake in Pakistan killed more than 70,000 people. In 2011, nearly 20,000 people were killed after a 9.0 quake off of ...

Powerful earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria last week had resulted in more than 41,000 deaths as of Tuesday. It is among most devastating and deadliest disasters seen in recent history.

The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States was a magnitude 9.2 recorded in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 28, 1964. The quake resulted in 139 deaths – nowhere near many of ...

The deadliest earthquake in Turkey's history, and the third-most deadly of all time, occurred in 115 in the city of Antakya. Antakya, historically known as Antioch, ...

One of the most famous mountains in Washington, Mount Rainier, has been rumbling over the last day due to the amplified ...

The current tally of dead would make it the 10th most deadly earthquake since 2000. Here are the deadliest temblors this century, according to the United States Geological Survey: ...

If you think you’re safe from earthquakes because you don’t live on the West Coast, think again. One of the most dangerous earthquake zones in the country is right in the heartland, and can ...

In 2004, an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.1 struck the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that left 227,898 people dead or listed as missing and presumed dead.