The USGS said on its website following the quake in July: "Following the M8.8 Russian Kamchatka Peninsula Earthquake, the ...

Advanced seismic imaging techniques could improve earthquake early warning models and aid the development of next-generation ...

A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquakes both struck at a shallow depth of approximately 10 kilometers, or about 6 miles below the surface.

The authors of the opinion article say California hazard maps and building codes should account for the possibility of supershear quakes triggering very intense shaking. Strong shaking could also ...

The earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck in the Drake passage between Chile and Antarctica - shaking was reportedly felt on land as authorities issued a tsunami warning ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.8 magnitude hit the same southern region ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center earlier warned of waves of up to 3m (10ft) above tide level reaching the Philippine coast.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the central Philippines late on Tuesday night, killing 72 people and injuring hundreds, ...