The Great Alaska Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the United States. Its violent tremors reshaped ...

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck the southern region of Iran on Thursday. According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit at a depth of 27 ...

May 22 stands out in history as a day marked by transformative events that have shaped the course of human civilization in ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels ... study and assistant professor of geosciences in the College of Science. The research shows the most severe effects would hit southern ...

It’s also capable of producing one of the most powerful earthquakes on Earth, and in a new study, scientists estimate there is a 15% chance of a magnitude 8 or greater quake occurring on the ...

On the West Coast, places like California are right on the edge of the plate, and when plates bump against each other, that's when the most powerful earthquakes occur. But Virginia did experience ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

The powerful earthquake was recorded in the Drake Passage ... Chile is one of the countries most affected by earthquakes, lying on the convergence of three tectonic plates: the Nazca, the South ...

A massive earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could trigger a devastating mega-tsunami, threatening Alaska, Hawaii, ...