A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

The 2.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at about 5:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, with shaking felt across Virginia and beyond.

Taiwan experienced a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The quake struck near the city of Chiayi in Taiwan’s south, ...

"Earthquakes continue to be detected in the area and it is too early to say whether the swarm will fade away," it said. The largest earthquake registered a 5.1 magnitude, it said, while 17 other ...

Bárðarbunga volcano in the north of Iceland could be waking up after an earthquake "swarm" was reported this week.

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

The tsunami warning affected two provinces and sparked fears over the safety of the two nuclear power plants in the area.

Tennant Creek was rocked by three major earthquakes in 1988 and the aftershocks are being felt to this day, with three quakes ...