When Washingtonians talk about the possibility of a major earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the conversation typically focuses on the immediate impacts: the threat of casualties ...

Coastal regions of southern Chile were told to evacuate after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake was recorded on Friday, May 2, off the coasts of Argentina and Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia's Sulawesi region on Saturday (May 3), according to the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The agency reported on X ...

CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas — A large earthquake shook West Texas Saturday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites ...

Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to power, such disasters can also bring opportunity. Myanmar’s military ...

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coasts of Argentina and Chile, sparking a tsunami alert. The quake's epicentre was under the ocean 219km (136 miles) south of Ushuaia, Argentina ...

Organizers emphasized the critical need for the new bridge, warning that the existing structures, over 110 years old, are at risk of collapsing in even a minor earthquake. "When the earthquake ...

Swarms of earthquakes have been jolting southern Italy with increasing intensity since 2022, threatening hundreds of thousands of people living atop a volcanic area known as Campi Flegrei ...

Saturday also saw a magnitude-3.6 earthquake about 22 miles southwest of Los Ybanez, Texas, (in Dawson County) at 2:58 a.m., and a magnitude-3.4 earthquake at 9:34 p.m. in an area about 25 miles ...

The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes, a new study has warned. A magnitude 8.0 tremor on the Cascadia subduction ...