The new vice president, a Catholic convert, accused the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops of resettling “illegal […] ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two years have passed since a devastating earthquake ...

When it does, it releases energy in a burst, which causes the shaking of an earthquake. Earthquakes happen most often where tectonic plates meet. Tectonic plates are pieces of crust that fit ...

After a pair of small earthquakes shook San Bernardino on Monday morning, the city was jolted by another earthquake just before 10 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the second ...

The Greek Island of Santorini is in the headlines again, not because of the massive increase in tourism and cruise ships last season, but because of a swarm of severe earthquakes this week.

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...

But after another week of near-constant earthquakes, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Tsunami Advisory was in effect for Puerto Rico and nearby islands for part of Saturday evening after a powerful earthquake struck between Honduras and the Cayman Islands ...

Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed through next week as earthquakes continue to rattle the region ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, triggered what officials called a "tsunami threat" for Cuba ...

Two years after a 7.8-magnitude quake devastated parts of southern Turkey, artists express their loss, and love of Antioch, ...

online USGS data listed a dozen other earthquakes that have occurred in the region since Monday. Those quake magnitudes range from 4.0 to 5.3. Photos taken on the island show people waiting in ...