A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was measured near Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday evening. It's the ...

The magnitude 3.8 earthquake that happened Monday morning is one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit Maine in the past 30 ...

The bridge was designed to withstand typhoons, magnitude-8 earthquakes and even being struck by a 300,000-ton naval vessel.

A powerful 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island late Tuesday night local time, approximately 16 miles (10 kilometers) east of Eketāhuna in the Tararua district. The quake, which ...

While the earthquake happened at the bottom of the ocean, it did not trigger any tsunami. Ebel said it would have had to be at least a magnitude 6.0 -- or about 100 times more powerful than the ...

The 4.5-magnitude earthquake — quite powerful compared to most that occur in Texas — happened at 9:26 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the USGS says. It was detected about 12 miles east-northeast from the ...

In a laboratory at its main headquarters, crews are constantly working and testing structures on various devices that simulate powerful earthquakes. About 100 earthquakes are detected in Taiwan ...

New research shows that slow, silent stress buildup and fault geometry are crucial in triggering earthquakes A new study has ...

Joe Bennett is an author and columnist who writes the weekly A Dog's Life column in Saturday's Northern Advocate. Poignant’s ...

Magnitude: 9.0 Approximately 16,000 deaths and over 2,500 missing after this earthquake, followed by a powerful tsunami, caused massive destruction in northeastern Japan. The tsunami caused ...