Earthquakes may feel like a rare occurrence, especially in Maine, but they happen around the world every day. Last week, that reality was on full display when two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela just seconds apart, causing widespread damage and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, officials warned that damaging tsunami waves could follow. Instead, the waves that reached Hawaii and the ...

Earthquakes happen because Earth’s outer layer is broken into huge pieces called tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving, although usually only a few centimetres each year. Most earthquakes occur where plates meet.

The earthquake likely ruptured inside the sinking Nazca Plate. USGS says depth spread the shaking wide, felt by 10.5 million people.

Tectonic plates are, like most of us, under a lot of stress and are always in motion. But they move slowly, and the exact moment when the stress between them will be released is uncertain. While scientists can measure stress building up along fault lines ...

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Peru's Andes region, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing around 300 residents, according to authorities. Emergency teams rushed to the affected areas as rescue operations continued. Officials ...

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. Another less well-documented earthquake occurred in the same ...

This time: Whidbey Island on the night of July 1. And while a magnitude 3.8 isn't necessarily a strong earthquake, and this only produced weak-to-light shaking, it's a relatively stronger magnitude for this type of quake in this area. And it was felt over ...

Earthquakes can pose a serious threat to cities and human life. Some scientists have tried to pre-empt these events by using technology like fiber optics to detect earthquakes and tides, while others have sought ways to mitigate the damage they can cause.