The April 20 earthquake off the Tohoku region caused minor injuries, rekindled haunting memories of the 2011 disaster and ...

Powerful earthquakes recently ripped through Venezuela, shaking large parts of the western region and sending violent tremors ...

A new study of California's earthquakes say that building pressure underneath two major fault lines converging at Cajon Pass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and prompted ...

The quake, which registered a preliminary magnitude of 7.5, occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan. Japan on Monday issued an advisory for northern coastal areas for an increased risk of ...

A rare earthquake doublet struck northern Venezuela, with a 7.2 foreshock followed 39 seconds later by a magnitude 7.5 mainshock. The sequence killed at least 32 people, damaged Caracas and sent ...

WASHINGTON, 25 November (BelTA - Xinhua) - Mega-earthquakes magnitude 8.5 and stronger preferentially occur where faults are mostly flat, a new study said Thursday. Curvier faults, however, are less ...

TOKYO, Japan — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and prompted authorities to advise of a slightly higher risk of a ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast on Thursday (June 25), but the country's meteorological agency said ...