BEIJING/KATHMANDU--A magnitude 6.8 earthquake ... world’s highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers and trekkers. Winter is not a popular season for climbers and hikers in Nepal ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

"While commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. Strike-slip-faulting events of the size of the February 8 ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has sent shockwaves through the Caribbean Sea, prompting a dozen islands to be on high alert for potential tsunami waves since Saturday. Both Puerto Rico and ...

A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Tremors of an earthquake were felt again in Jumla on Wednesday afternoon.According to the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake jolted Jumla again, with its ...

An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on Richter Scale jolted Tibet on Sunday, a statement by the National Center of Seismology said ...

The skinniest skyscraper in the world, the Steinway Tower in New York City, has a mass damper in its frame that weighs 800 tons — about as heavy as four blue whales. People in earthquake-prone ...

The latest of hundreds of earthquakes have rattled the volcanic Greek island of Santorini after the strongest one so far with magnitude 5.3 ...

A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea near the Cayman Islands, prompting tsunami warnings. The quake struck 125 miles south-southwest of George Town. Authorities are closely ...