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

BEIJING--More than ... and other supplies had reached the site by late on Tuesday, and all sections of road damaged by the temblor had been reopened, CCTV added. Southwestern parts of China ...

China’s desire ... hardly ever mention earthquakes, and his parents never mentioned ever having experienced one. Why has the frequency of collisions between the Indian and Eurasian plates increased in ...

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Kuqa City in Aksu Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 7:42 a.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake ...

Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are frequently hit by earthquakes ... one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. Chinese President Xi Jinping said all-out search ...

Although Greece is no stranger to earthquakes, seismic activity of such frequency and intensity without having been preceded ...

No casualties have been reported so far after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Wednesday, local authorities said. The earthquake hit Kuqa City ...

In fact, Florida was rattled nearly one ... than 10 seconds and caused little damage to city buildings,” the Florida Historical Society wrote about the quake. Meanwhile, other strong earthquakes ...

Santorini has been told to stop building new hotels for tourists following hundreds of earthquakes that hit the tourist hotspot this week. Scientists have warned that the seismic activity could ...