Mother Nature can be brutal and unforgiving - as shown by the largest earthquakes on record. Here’s how they compare in their magnitudes and death tolls.

The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Crucial—and chilling—evidence from the ...

Earthquakes are among nature’s most destructive forces, capable of reshaping coastlines and triggering tsunamis within minutes. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 2025 ...

The deadliest recorded tsunami in history claimed hundreds of thousands of lives after a magnitude 9.1 earthquake rocked the Indian Ocean in 2004. No deaths have been reported from tsunami waves in ...

HONOLULU — Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts ...

Earthquakes account for some of the costliest natural disasters in history. They can literally reshape the planet. But how powerful can they get? That's a question humans have only recently been able ...