An earthquake struck just east of a major U.S. city with a population of over 900,000, with the USGS detecting the tremor ...

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Istanbul in Turkey at noon on Wednesday. There were no fatalities, but ...

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) is pressing on with its plan to build a nuclear power plant in Naypyitaw, despite the partial destruction of the city during the March 28 earthquake.

Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...

Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul was hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake, the US Geological Survey said, though no damage or ...

Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

Standard home insurance doesn’t cover earthquakes, but paying extra for earthquake insurance isn’t just for Californians.

Tightly connected communities tend to be more resilient when facing extreme events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or ...

a key reference used by engineers in earthquake-prone zones. A new early warning system for landslides was also being developed in partnership with the National Disaster Management Agency.

The earthquake-prone country rests astride the convergence of four tectonic plates — the Eurasian plate, the Indian plate, the Sunda plate and the Burma plate — all of which are in movement.

Dozens of earthquake-prone buildings on Dannevirke’s main street have been given extensions to complete strengthening work. A law change came into force in November extending remediation ...