A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

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In Japan, people do not build permanent houses. Most homes are made of wood, which helps prevent collapse during earthquakes. Even in the case of a stronger earthquake, people remain safe.

Most of the residents of New Delhi and the NCR region were woken up from deep sleep by a massive earthquake of 4.0 magnitude.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5 rattled the L.A. metropolitan area early Saturday just hours after a 3.8-magnitude quake shook the Malibu area shortly before midnight Friday.

Japan has turned to nuclear power more than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Japan is ditching plans to lessen its reliance on nuclear power as it struggles to ...

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Hokkaido, Japan’s second largest island, on Sunday, the ...

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

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred Saturday around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time with an ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. An earthquake has occurred in Azerbaijan’s Hajigabul district, Trend reports via the Republican ...

An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck the sea bed between the Greek islands of Amorogos and Santorini on Wednesday night — ...