Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

At the center of our planet is a very hot rotating ball of mostly iron and nickel (sorry Journey to the Center of the Earth ...

Thousands of tremors, sometimes every few minutes, have shaken Santorini, Greece. More than 13,000 of its 15,500 inhabitants ...

Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...

The threat of a more major earthquake seems to have subsided on the most visited of the Greek islands but experts disagree on the origin of the tremors that have caused 11,000 of the 15,000 permanent ...

However, scientists have been baffled to discover that the inner core is actually changing shape. By looking at the ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said revenue for this quarter would be near the lower end of its guidance due to a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on the Richter scale that struck ...

A woman has died in an explosive fire that destroyed the home she shared with her adult son in Melbourne’s west.

The quake struck at 6:23 p.m. local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

A state of emergency has been declred in Santorini, a volcanic island and popular tourist destination in Greece, as an ...

The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists. The inner core is ...