12 islands have issued potential tsunami threats after an estimated 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea on Saturday. While Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have both issued tsunami ...

including the Valdivia Earthquake of Chile in 1960, the strongest recorded earthquake at 9.5 out of 10 on the Richter scale. The Ring of Fire is also where an estimated 75% of the planet’s ...

Thus, the earthquake registered this Friday stands as the strongest of the year globally, according to official records from the USGS.

There were no reports of serious damage but the temblor, the strongest felt in Istanbul in recent years, prompted widespread panic and scores of injuries. The earthquake had a shallow depth of 10 ...