A massive earthquake has struck near Ovalle in Chile - reports suggest it is the biggest quake to hit the region in seven years ...

The threat of earthquakes should be taken as “constant” in regions where tremors come and go, according to seismologists who describe the concept of an overdue disaster as a “myth. ” After assessing ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

5, commonly referred to as the Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake. It occurred in the afternoon at 15:11 local time and lasted an astonishing 10 minutes. The epicenter of this megathrust ...

The jolt of seismic activity Monday was among the busiest of a swarm that began nearly 3 months ago. Until the quake Friday, an earthquake swarm that began Nov. 9 around San Ramon had delivered 91 ...

The magnitude 4.1 earthquake that stuck after 3 a.m. in the center of Olympic National Park is one of the strongest tests yet of the new ShakeAlert system in Washington. While not considered a ...