Thousands of locals flee the picturesque island as experts say rolling tremors ‘not linked to volcanic activity’.

You cannot contend with nature’ - Hotels were told to drain swimming pools to reduce potential building damage ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

The magnitude-4.5 quake occurred at approximately 9:26 p.m. in far northern Karnes County, about 45 miles southeast of the Alamo City. As of 7:30 a.m. Thursday, over 650 people had reported feeling ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...

Thousands of paper and bamboo lanterns were placed at Kobe East Park to form the date "1.17," along with the Japanese word "yorisou," which means being together, in memory of other disaster-affected ...

It concerns what is known as a subduction megathrust quake along the Nankai Trough, an 800-kilometer (500-mile) undersea gully running parallel to Japan’s Pacific coast. The trench is where the ...

TOKYO - A Japanese government panel said on Jan 16 it has slightly raised its estimated probability of a “mega quake” to up to 82 per cent in the next 30 years. Such a jolt could potentially ...

Sydney (Reuters) — Voting began on Thursday to elect a new government in Vanuatu, a month after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation’s capital Port Vila, killing at ...

The 2.8 quake hit about 6 miles northwest of Glen Allen, Virginia, and about 13 miles northwest of the state's capital on Tuesday just before 5:30 p.m. EST, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The region isn’t unfamiliar with seismic activity. In April, a 2.1 magnitude quake was centered between Glen Allen and Ashland. That quake was just days after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered ...