A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared. When the 8.8-magnitude quake struck eastern Russia at 11:25 local ...

TOKYO — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted warnings for Hawaii ...

Some earthquakes can cause the ground to behave like a thick liquid. Soil liquefaction is a leading cause of earthquake damage worldwide. Have you ever wiggled your feet in wet sand at the beach? As ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Scientist are saying Friday's earthquake was right on schedule. "The history in this area is that we have a magnitude 5 ...

Earthquakes cause fault rupture, displacement of the ground, strong shaking, and tsunamis. These are all fairly well-understood phenomena. But there are other things associated with earthquakes that ...

Several News-Democrat readers reported feeling the earthquake at about 1:29 a.m., including one who says it awakened him in his home in Maplewood, Missouri. It was felt most strongly around ...

TOKYO — One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for ...