A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, making it the sixth strongest ever recorded and the biggest since the 2011 quake that hit Japan. The US ...

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 ...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Louisa County, Virginia, shook the entire East Coast. It was the largest recorded earthquake in Virginia history, causing significant damage to homes and ...

A state-of-the-art ocean-observing satellite recorded the massive wave rippling out from the epicenter of this major quake. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes In late July, the sixth biggest ...