On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last ...

A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido in the early hours of Saturday. The ...

ROSMAN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey said an earthquake was reported in Transylvania County Saturday night. According to the USGS, the earthquake hit 6.3 miles west of ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province in Indonesia on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS ...

Are you prepared for an earthquake? The California Office of Emergency Services is making sure you are. Since California is located on the Ring of Fire and has many faults, it is one of the most ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, ...

Oct 15 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near the coast of central Chile on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 44 km (27 ...

As earthquakes devastated parts of Afghanistan in late August, Taliban officials asked aid agencies to send more female health workers to assist female survivors. They also briefly barred female U.N.

The 10-year-old gorilla left a large crack in the first of three layers of tempered glass that separates him from visitors at the San Diego Zoo Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Did you feel it? A small earthquake shook upstate New York on Monday night. The 2.6-magnitude earthquake hit near Chazy around 11:40 p.m. Monday, according to the U.S. Geological ...

Multiple earthquakes struck the Philippines Monday and Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), less than a week after a magnitude 7.4 quake in the same region triggered a ...