A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Earthquakes can be like Jell-O. A simple, yet often used analogy isthat if you’re sitting in a valley or basin, it acts like a bowl of gelatin and it will shake more than surrounding rock.

The annual number of “great” earthquakes nearly tripled over the last decade, providing a reminder to Americans that unruptured faults like those in the northwest United States might be due ...

There were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake. Southern California was struck by a 3.9 magnitude earthquake near Malibu, California, on Sunday evening, according to the U.S ...

An earthquake with a magnitude 3.9 rattled Malibu and the surrounding areas Sunday night, the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at around 8:17 p.m. a little more than 7 miles west ...