An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rocked the San Francisco Bay area early Sunday morning, causing serious damage to the Napa County area, and felt all over Northern California. Much like in the ...

One of the worst earthquakes in European history ripped through Portugal in 1755, causing a tsunami, fires and shaking that killed tens of thousands of people and caused widespread destruction.

Earthquakes have a way of changing everything in a moment. When massive tectonic plates grind, slip, or catch against each other, the energy they release can redraw coastlines, send waves across ...

The last significant earthquake of the twentieth century in Bangladesh occurred in Moheshkhali upazila in July 1999. Its epicentre was on the island, and the 5.2 magnitude tremor damaged many houses.

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s ...

KABUL (Reuters) -One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they ...

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STORY: Residents in parts of Afghanistan desperately searched for survivors, after one of the worst earthquakes to hit the country flattened entire villages overnight. Authorities said hundreds of ...

KABUL (Reuters) - One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as rescuers struggled to reach remote areas due to rough ...

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities, killing about 560 people on average each year and causing annual ...