Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Investing.com-- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TMSC) January sales grew at a slower pace from the prior month, as the chipmaker faced some production disruptions due to an earthquake ...

“Taiwan earthquake today,” text on the video reads. The video was shared more than 30,000 times in a week. Each of the clips in the video predates the two earthquakes that struck Taiwan the ...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan on Monday near the city of Chiayi, the island's weather administration said. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a ...

California is riddled with a number of fault lines that frequently cause earthquakes, including Arrowhead, Waterman Canyon, ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean from Chile to New Zealand where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. The 1999 ...

Investing.com-- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s (TMSC) January sales grew at a slower pace from the prior month, as the chipmaker faced some production disruptions due to an earthquake in ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in southwest Taiwan at 12:46 a.m. on Saturday, according to the Central Weather Administration. The CWA said its epicenter was 39 km ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake.

After a strong earthquake hit Taiwan on January 21, 2025, an old picture of a tilting building resurfaced in social media posts that falsely portrayed it as showing the aftermath. But authorities ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing ...