Yellowstone National Park was rocked by an earthquake last night, sparking fears its supervolcano could be awakening. The ...

Tehran could use the earthquake to try to convince enemies to refrain from destroying its nuclear facilities. Yet sources ...

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the coast of central Chile on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 57 km (35.42 miles), GFZ ...

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (CNN) -- More than 200 people are dead in El Salvador, and as many as 1,200 are missing in Central America following a landslide created by a major earthquake that rocked ...

Residents in a South Carolina town got an early morning wake-up call after another earthquake occurred. The United States ...

The US has been rattled by three earthquakes in less than 12 hours. Texas, Oregon and Washington experienced seismic activity early Thursday. The magnitude 3.4 Texas quake struck roughly 20 ...

Others were forced to emigrate to America. In 1909 a cargo ship ... After being rescued at sea, the damaged "Florida" and the Messina earthquake survivors arrived in New York's harbor.

A powerful earthquake shook many countries in Central America on Tuesday, with a magnitude of 6.5. The quake shook much of Central America late on Tuesday evening, from Nicaragua to Guatemala ...

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Peru-Brazil border on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 658 km (408.86 miles), GFZ said.

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Earthquakes are caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. They can strike without warning and can occur at any time. In the U.S., 45 states and territories are at ...