A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea Saturday evening north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands.

Nearly 90% of tsunamis are natural disasters caused by earthquakes, but not all earthquakes form tsunamis: A few conditions have to be met first. First, tsunamis are what happen after underwater ...

Earthquakes form when two tectonic plates moving against one another get stuck, allowing the fault to build up stress. "The plates are increasingly stressed by the forces trying to move them ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan 13, 2025 shows the victims of the earthquake in Dingri county, Xizang autonomous region, are moving to the newly-assembled temporary houses. [Photo/Xinhua ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The analysis of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence challenges the claim of a record-breaking 751-kilometer-deep aftershock in the lower mantle. Instead ...

according to U.S.G.S., but some New England earthquakes occur at shallower depths. “Most of New England's and Long Island's bedrock was assembled as continents collided to form a supercontinent ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a ...

Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to ...