An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter refers to the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

The Australian and New Zealand general insurance market is dominated by a handful of large players. Insurance Australia Group’s AUD 16 billion in gross written premiums makes it the market leader.

As home insurance gets more costly and availability drops in California and Florida, experts debate whether a national system could solve the crisis.

The epicenter for all the quakes was about one mile east of Hayward, in San Francisco’s East Bay, according to the U.S.

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Tsunami Advisory was in effect for Puerto Rico and nearby islands for part of Saturday evening after a powerful earthquake struck between Honduras and the Cayman Islands ...

ATHENS — Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Santorini on Tuesday, following a series of tremors that began earlier in the month. The earthquakes have prompted a state of emergency ...

But after another week of near-constant earthquakes, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in ...

Authorities have declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern Aegean Sea region ATHENS, Greece -- Authorities declared a ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, triggered what officials called a "tsunami threat" for Cuba ...