Earthquakes — just a mention of the word is enough to send a tingle down the spine and a shake through the body (literally). These planet-wobbling shocks have wrought havoc on humankind since time ...

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday. The country's vice president called it the strongest to hit the country in decades. Here is a list of some of the world's ...

Earthquakes have a way of changing everything in a moment. When massive tectonic plates grind, slip, or catch against each other, the energy they release can redraw coastlines, send waves across ...

Earthquakes that jiggle Earth's middle layer may be more widespread than scientists thought. A new map of these mysterious deep earthquakes shows that they occur all around the world and that they may ...

Area where Louisiana earthquake reported is major natural gas fracking zone ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – With recent earthquakes felt in parts of Dorchester County and the Midlands in recent weeks, we look at the history of earthquakes in South Carolina. An earthquake is caused ...

The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quakes ranged in strength from a magnitude of 4.7 up to 5.9, ...

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia on Tuesday, according to India’s National Centre ...

Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.