A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

To better understand when a big earthquake is coming, there are earthquake monitoring stations across the state in remote ...

The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland's largest eruption for 300 years back in 2014. After a recent ...

Taiwan experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The quake struck near the city of Chiayi in Taiwan’s south, ...

CHINA has given the green light to plans for the world’s largest hydropower dam, despite protests from neighbouring countries ...

Plates at subduction zones typically move just a few centimeters per year. But when accumulated stress at these convergent ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

Earthquakes occurred in all the usual places in 2024. It’s never a surprise that Alaska leads the pack with the largest totals. At least 2,237 magnitude 3 or larger earthquakes were tallied in ...

"Earthquakes continue to be detected in the area and it is too early to say whether the swarm will fade away," it said. The largest earthquake registered a 5.1 magnitude, it said, while 17 other ...