A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed the earthquake happened Wednesday night in Karnes County.

Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in New Madrid, Missouri — a town with a ...

Development minister Cseke Attila announced on January 28 the launch of a map showing localities in Romania exposed to ...

Every hour, earthquakes take place somewhere on Earth as tectonic plates gradually move. This movement causes stress to build ...

Maine is not typically associated with significant seismic activity, making Monday's earthquake all the more unusual. Most ...

Facing the uncertainties of droughts, wildfires, blackouts, poor air quality, mudslides and flooding, here are some ideas ...

A comprehensive safety assessment of the structure at Preist Rapids Dam determined the dam met standards that will allow it to keep operating safely. That was the conclusion of a report released by ...

The severe damage to dams in a seismically active region highlights the fault-lines in Beijing’s approach of prioritising ...

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.

According to a geophysics professor at Boston College, an earthquake does not create damage until it reaches a magnitude of ...