The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

The “Great Kagi Earthquake” struck south-central Taiwan near the city of Kagi on March 17, 1906, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. According to reports, the 6.8 magnitude earthquake ...

March 11 has been a tough day in the world’s history. On this day in 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused a nuclear accident in Japan. It was the second worst nuclear accident the ...

The largest active volcano in Washington state has been rocked by a series of earthquakes, putting experts on high alert. Mount Adams is a 12,000-foot-tall stratovolcano located in south-central ...

Trench off Hokkaido contains energy that could trigger a 9.0 earthquake According to researchers from Japan's Tohoku and Hokkaido universities and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and ...

At 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that left more than 22,000 people dead or missing ...

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook Malibu, the San Fernando Valley and other parts of Southern California on Sunday afternoon. The quake struck at 1:03 p.m., 6.9 miles southwest of Westlake Village ...

The NTWC said a preliminary assessment indicated that the earthquake was a 6.6-magnitude event that occurred at 10:33 local time at a depth of nine miles in the Jan Mayen Island region ...

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Texas Monday morning. The quake was recorded less than 50 miles south of San Antonio around 10:50 am ET. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the ...