THE ground shook again, and offices, homes, and buildings rattled as people hurriedly hid under their desks and tables. For ...

The shaking produced by an earthquake can crack the ground, bring down buildings and cause massive rockfalls. All this destructive power is, astoundingly, just a fraction of a quake’s overall energy.

Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan that killed more than 25 people and injured nearly 1,000 were ...

The quake hit in the Mindanao region at a depth of 62 kilometres below ground level and could cause hazardous tsunami waves ...

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Deep beneath the surface, our planet is a reactor, and one of the ways you'll feel this activity is when there's an earthquake. Earthquakes are violent shaking from the planet's surface, according to ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. -- A Ridgecrest man assessing the damage in Kern County after two powerful earthquakes rocked the region used a giant stick to show the depth of a massive fissure. Erik Catlin ...

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit Batu Pahat on Saturday, the first in a month since a series of minor quakes struck other parts ...

Twin 6.1 quakes in two months expose Balikesir's fragile ground and aging buildings as the Simav Fault continues to stir ...

BACOLOD CITY—The earthquakes that hit Cebu could cause the opening of fractures within the Kanlaon Volcano because the ground shaking was strong, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kit Miyamoto, a structural engineer who specializes in earthquake resiliency. He's currently in Morocco, assessing damage from the earthquake. In Morocco, communities are ...