Earthquake News

Many people like to start their holiday weekend off with a bang. But for many residents in eastern Canada Muskoka included the Victoria Day long weekend started off with a shake.

An unusual number of earthquakes have been reported in Central Arkansas since Monday.

For the second straight day, a round of minor earthquakes is being reported in Arkansas.

Here's an expression from the experts on earthquake preparedness " it's not meant to scare, it's so you're aware." When it comes to earthquake preparedness, experts say it shouldn't be as simple as storing away some food and water.

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake occured about 21 miles northwest of Conway late Wednesday morning.

An image from an animation using satellite observations of the March 11 tsunami that shows how the waves of the tsunami were influenced by seafloor features.

After an earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir state on May 1 left thousands of people homeless and caused 6 billion rupees in infrastructure damage, state officials said Tuesday that they are petitioning the central government for a special relief package.

The handles of the city clock in Bulgaria's Pernik are frozen at the time when the first and strongest quake shook it on May 22, 2012.

If a big natural disaster of the magnitude of the Oklahoma tornadoes were to strike Los Angeles, would our schools be prepared? "We assume in an emergency, like a big earthquake , that we may not be able to get any services in ," she said.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Firouzabad in Fars province, Southern Iran, on Tuesday evening, IRNA reported.

An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was detected 33 km off the southern coast of Baeknyeong Island on the West Sea on Tuesday afternoon.

The 5.2 magnitude earthquake originated in Quebec at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, May 17, and was felt from Montreal to Waterloo.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday, followed by a series of strong after-shocks, the US Geological Survey reported.

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and consultancy PwC warned large multinationals' dependencies on international supply chains, infrastructure and markets poses a systemic risk to 'business as usual'. As annual economic losses from reported natural hazards were up from $10bn in 1975 to $400bn in 2011, IBTimes UK takes ... (more)

When an out of towner named Gringo visits Chile for the first time, his two friends Pollo and Ariel take him out for a night on the town where they meet up with a trio of girlfriends at an underground nightclub.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but Chilean emergency authorities said they saw no prospect that the tremor would generate a tsunami.

In years to come it may make your smartphone even smarter and help your car drive itself, with scientists believing basic global positioning technology can be accurate to the centimetre by the end of the decade.

A former hillside mansion which once commanded one of the most priceless views in Christchurch has been demolished in an emergency operation today after fears it could topple down a cliff.

Muscat: Recent research has revealed that the Makran Subduction Zone is more prone to earthquakes and tsunami hazards than previously thought.

While natural spring water may provide a source for industrial and commercial uses of water, it may not be suitable for human consumption, a researcher has said.