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 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sun rays illuminate the volcanic islet of Nea Kameni, part of the earthquake-struck island of Santorini ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first earthquake, a magnitude 3.6, hit just before 9:45 a.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It had a depth of 4.6 miles. The second, a magnitude 3.0, hit just 3 minutes later ...

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 ...

The island has been experiencing near-constant tremors since late January, with thousands of earthquakes recorded.

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.

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The earthquakes are probably caused by faults rather than volcanic activity.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes overnight and into Wednesday ...

ATHENS — Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of ...