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

An estimated magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, north of Honduras, and neighboring islands and ...

In a new research article, a seismologist argues that earthquakes are the reason for the mysterious lights associated with a ...

The strongest earthquake recorded was magnitude 4.6 at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), the Athens ...

More than 200 undersea earthquakes have been recorded near Aegean ... That eruption, which occurred around 1620 B.C., destroyed a large part of the island, blanketed a wide area in feet of ash ...

According to officials, more than 11,000 people have left Santorini, with around 7,000 departing by ferry and 4,000 people ...

Thousands of people have fled the island of Santorini as hundreds of quakes continued to course through the famous Greek ...

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

This mega project will significantly benefit the safety and lives of not only the city's residents but the millions of ...

(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Greece lies in a highly seismically active part of the world, and earthquakes are frequent ... it occurred around 1,600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly ...

Greek authorities have warned of an increase in seismic activity around the Aegean tourist island of Santorini, advising ...

ATHENS, Greece — Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed through next week as earthquakes continue ... do with Santorini’s volcano, which around 1600 B.C. produced one of the most ...