Magma seeping into a reservoir under the island of Santorini set off thousands of quakes, some of which almost reached a 5.0 on the Richter scale.

In general, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that make up the earth moving and rubbing together. The UK is ...

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast. The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main ...

Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the Northern ...

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

A swarm of at least six earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological ...

A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, triggering evacuation orders and a ...

Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

In the latest report prepared by a Japanese government earthquake task force, it was estimated that up to 298,000 people ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, centered about 50 miles south-southwest of La Esperanza.