During the 10 o’clock hour on October 17, millions of Californians will take part in a statewide earthquake preparedness drill, which state leaders say is part of the largest such drill in the ...

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 20 largest earthquakes on record. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Saturday updates: Death toll from catastrophic earthquake surges to over 1,000 in Myanmar Here are the 10 largest earthquakes in world history since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological Survey: ...

January 26, 1700, at 9 p.m. Pacific Time marks the moment for one of the largest earthquakes in the continental U.S. ... The 9.1-magnitude megathrust is world’s third largest in recorded history.

The earthquake also triggered the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. 22 February 2011. New Zealand. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, killing at least 180 people.

Some of the world’s largest earthquakes and tsunamis have originated from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a 1,127-kilometer (700-mile) stretch that runs from northern California up to British ...

Topline. Morocco’s biggest earthquake in at least 120 years devastated an area just south of the historic city of Marrakesh, leaving behind wrenching images of toppled buildings, with entire ...

"The largest earthquakes this year were the magnitude 7.5 Jan 1 2024 Noto Peninsula event in Japan and the magnitude 7.4 Apr 2 2024 16 km S of Hualien City event in Taiwan," Jonathan Stewart of ...

In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.