A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

Meteorologist Kristen Currie explains different types of earthquakes after one of this century’s most powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Russia. The parents of Savitha Shanmugasundaram, one ...

Guerrero, Mexico is an active site with several recent major earthquakes, but also a small area called the ‘Guerrero seismic gap’ (pictured) where no earthquakes have occurred for more than a century.

Tsunamis are some of the most powerful natural phenomena, but they're also some of the least frequent, causing damage across ...

Earthquakes threaten homes across the country, but especially on the West Coast along the San Andreas fault line. Major earthquakes can destroy houses, but even small earthquakes can crack foundations ...

Three earthquakes that struck west Texas on Monday – including a magnitude 4.9 temblor – are all linked to local oil production. Three quakes were recorded Monday night in Scurry County, Texas. The ...