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

KANAZAWA--About 90 percent of the people killed in the Jan. 1 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula died under collapsed homes, data from the Ishikawa prefectural government showed. Specific ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday and triggered a tsunami advisory in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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A tsunami warning across much of the Caribbean was lifted. By Andrés R. Martínez A large, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean on Saturday evening, prompting a tsunami warning across ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. - A 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck east of Morgan Hill on Friday, the USGS reported. The earthquake was ...

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BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- One person is dead and two others are injured after a fire broke out at an apartment building in Brooklyn. Flames were seen shooting out of the four-story building on ...

Cassidy Johnson receives funding from UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, "Learning from Earthquakes: Building Resilient Communities Through Earthquake Reconnaissance ...

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake was reported in the middle of the Caribbean Sea Saturday night – triggering a wave of tsunami warnings around the region that have since been lifted. The earthquake ...