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

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.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines near Mindanao, recorded at a depth of 42.2 miles.

The powerful quake near Mexico and Guatemala was caused by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate. This tectonic movement makes the region one of the world's most active earthquake zones.

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 ...

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.

An earthquake rattled Saratoga Springs on Friday evening. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.8 magnitude earthquake hit approximately 6 kilometers north-northwest of Saratoga Springs around 5:55 p.

India, Aug. 11 -- By Ryan Hoult for The Conversation Locals and officials in Colombia have begun a massive search and rescue effort to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that struck near San Jose del Palmar in Choco,