2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (887+ words) While you may think quakes are a western US problem, some of the largest temblors in US history have happened in the East. In the latest burst of seismic activity, more than a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher have…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (698+ words) Rescue operations continue in Venezuela after two deadly earthquakes struck back-to-back on Wednesday night. Aerial video shows collapsed buildings and debris scattered across La Guaira the day after the earthquakes. A team of scientists discovered a new way to identify…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1066+ words) Earthquakes happen all over the world every single day, with some never felt at all and others destroying entire cities. But what does that measurement actually mean? Earthquakes are measured on a scale up to 10 on the moment magnitude scale,…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (309+ words) On this day in 2011, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — a catastrophic event that unleashed a deadly tsunami, upended millions of lives and triggered a nuclear disaster. Fifteen…...