Mother Nature can be brutal and unforgiving - as shown by the largest earthquakes on record. Here’s how they compare in their ...

Here is a list of the world's deadliest earthquakes this century: 31 August 2025: More than 2,200 people died as a magnitude 6 quake struck eastern Afghanistan. 28 March 2025: A 7.7-magnitude ...

Percolating downwards, the extra water eventually found its way into a major fault zone that slices through the 12km-long ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The death toll from Afghanistan's worst earthquake in years jumped to over 1,100 on Tuesday with thousands more injured, an aid group said, as difficult terrain ...

Learn how subduction zones form, drive massive earthquakes, create volcanoes, and shape Earth’s surface through powerful ...

A series of earthquakes struck off Indonesia within 24 hours between Friday and Saturday, highlighting the seismic risks that ...

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 mountainous terrain ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -The death toll from Afghanistan's worst earthquake in years jumped to over 1,400 on Tuesday with thousands more injured, authorities said, as difficult terrain hindered ...

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Sumatra, Indonesia, near Aceh, causing significant tremors but no tsunami threat.

News outlets and government officials are reacting swiftly to news of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami and tsunami alerts elsewhere in the world. But how they're reacting--well, that's ...