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

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

There are two other "earthquake belts" where most of the rest of the ... Networks of seismographs all around the world are constantly working to record ground motion. Some use GPS, like the ...

"While commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area. Strike-slip-faulting events of the size of the February 8 ...

SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic ... It also announced a digital platform — mysafetyplan.gov.gr — with maps showing areas designated as safe gathering points ...