At 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, residents of the frontier town of New Madrid, in what is now Missouri, were jolted from their beds by a violent earthquake. The ground heaved and pitched ...

The nature of earthquakes can cause tsunamis, but how do they happen, and how do earthquakes generate huge oceanic waves? The movement of the seafloor drives a tsunami. The movement shifts the ...

Ohio's recent earthquakes were minor — they were felt but did not cause major damage. For instance, the Noble County tremor ...

A LARGE part of north-western India was severely shaken by an earthquake which occurred on April 4, shortly after six o'clock in the morning, causing the destruction of numerous buildings and the ...