The Latest Breaking News from Earthquakes

Quake kills three while another 6.1-magnitude tremor reported from Indonesia

At least four land-based earthquakes of between 6.2 and 5.5 magnitudes were recorded, though no damage was reported.

The weight can strike the ground with as much as 60,000 pounds of force and can go so fast that a camera can't pick up the movement.

Two earthquakes shook Afghanistan on Tuesday, with one killing six people in the northeast of the country, officials said.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck southern Iran on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), EMSC said. Iranian state TV said rescue teams had been sent to the area but there were no immediate reports of fatalities or damage.…

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing at least 21 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces. Some roads and homes near the epicenter were damaged by landslides, while communications were down in…

At least 1,570 people have been killed and almost 6,000 injured in floods and earthquakes that have struck Afghanistan in the last two months, according to a Taliban official.

The earthquakes, considered minor by geologists, started in December. No one knows what is causing them or how long they will continue.

While the 3.4 magnitude quake hit Katra belt in Reasi district, the other hit Doda district.

As Dutch government weighs resuming gas production in earthquake zone this winter, anxiety is rising in Groningen

Earthquakes are a fact of life in Japan, but authorities are warning the population is underprepared for a long-anticipated mega quake that could leave more than 4 million people stranded, and thousands dead.