There also was a magnitude-2.6 earthquake at 1:42 p.m. Sunday, about 7 miles southwest of Laupāhoehoe at a depth of 16 miles ...

Now, scientists aim to get their clearest picture yet of the complex mechanics of our big-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone – and what sets it apart from similar systems around the planet. Running ...

Brian Hackney reports on branch faults and how they may affect the San Andreas fault. Website: YouTube: Facebook: ...

The Jan. 1 Noto earthquake in the Sea of Japan claimed 504 lives, caused more than 1,300 injuries, and damaged nearly 180,000 ...

By 10 pm on Friday, six people slightly injured in earthquakes had been promptly sent to hospital and discharged, with no deaths or collapsed houses reported, announced Dang Cheng, Party secretary and ...

The Front Page is a daily news podcast from the New Zealand Herald, available to listen to every weekday from 5am. The ...

Postponements of major sports events are rare and have happened typically because of storms or earthquakes. One notable ...

South Burlington, Vermont, topped the list of safest cities to live in the US. See what other places in America ranked.

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the ...

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Recalling the time that some predicted California would be struck by a massive earthquake and fall into the Pacific Ocean.

The world's largest hydroelectric dam, which opened in 2003, is so vast that it actually has an effect on the spin on the ...