For more than a month, the Bay Area has been subjected to a seemingly ceaseless stampede of earthquakes, rattling windows and ...

Lori Dengler is looking for your stories of unique observations around quakes. “I’ve heard of strange smells before, during, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near Toyah, Texas, a sparsely populated town 190 miles east from El Paso, on Friday, February 14, 2025 (Figure 1). The quake was felt all the way to Albuquerque. The ...

About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

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 ...

The death toll from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has surpassed 2,700, with thousands injured, according to local media reports on Tuesday. Senior General. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of ...

More than 1,300 earthquakes have hit Japan’s Tokara Islands in two weeks, prompting evacuations of dozens of residents from the remote archipelago on the country’s southern tip. Although no major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...