Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

This was the third earthquake recorded in South Carolina in 2025 after 30 were confirmed there last year, according to the ...

A brief tsunami warning was issued for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands on Saturday ...

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area — the third tremor to hit the area Monday, Feb. 10, the U.S.

After a powerful quake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands, some islands urge people to move inland in ...

An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The ...

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Santorini, hit by an earthquake in late January, has since been shaken by a swarm of tremors. Most of its 16,000 residents ...

Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 are minor and typically cause little damage. For every whole number increase on the scale — from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3, for example — the earthquake releases 32 times ...