Though what is considered a big earthquake varies, significant damage to buildings starts at 6.1 to 6.9 magnitude earthquakes, according to Michigan Tech University's earthquake magnitude scale.

Earthquake early warning systems are rarely accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. A group of scientists is ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

MOORINGSPORT, La. — An earthquake in Louisiana early Monday morning was felt in East Texas, reports show. According to United States Geological Survey data, a 3.0 earthquake was reported in six ...

Social media users were left stunned after watching underwater footage captured by scuba divers in Indonesia's Banda Sea when an earthquake struck in 2023.

The data for earthquakes over the 50-year period from 1970 to 2020 ranges from over 40,000 magnitude 4.5 earthquakes releasing around 350,000 million joules of energy each, to just two magnitude 9 ...

For many years, the Sawtooth fault in central Idaho was recognized as an active fault, but it remained understudied. Then the Stanley earthquake shook much of the northwestern USA in 2020, providing ...

On Boxing Day 2004, a monstrous 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian ocean, unleashing widespread devastation in the ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook the Central American country of El Salvador on Sunday, with its epicenter located off the coast of La Paz, 29 kilometers southwest of Costa del Sol ...

A light, 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...