A South Carolina ghost story could have a very earthly explanation. Starting in the 1950s, folks in the Summerville, S.C., area began reporting sightings of strange balls of light floating down a ...

A strong earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Santorini and Amorgos, felt as far as Attica ...

This week, students share their experience participating in a contest, the phenomenon behind natural disasters and what they ...

A series of significant earthquakes struck the Greek island of Amorgos on Sunday night, with magnitudes of 4.7 and 5 on the ...

A STATE of emergency has been declared on Santorini after a series of strong quakes hit the island this week. The constant earthquakes have forced hundreds of tourists and families to flee amid ...

SANTORINI has been rattled by yet more earthquakes, just hours after Greek authorities declared a state of emergency on the ...

Thousands of people evacuated Santorini after a series of earthquakes in recent days hit the picturesque Greek island with ...

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake detected in South Texas was felt across more than 100 miles, and in two major cities, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake — quite powerful ...

An earthquake close to level four in magnitude on the Richter Scale, like the one in Maine, 'typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred', per the USGS.

A moderate earthquake reported four miles offshore ... The quake, registering 3.8 on the Richter scale, took place at 10:22 a.m. about four miles east of the New Hampshire-Maine border at ...

Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but ...

"The strong shaking of the earthquake was felt late at night in southern Taiwan. Its magnitude is recorded as 6.4 on the Richter scale by the United States Geological Survey. These tremors were ...