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

Most earthquakes are caused by the movements of tectonic plates. Sometimes, tectonic plates move very slowly — at the ... so it's hard to draw any conclusions about whether the behavior was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three earthquakes, with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 3.6, were recorded near San Bernardino, California on Monday. Some described the trio of earthquakes in San Bernardino on Monday as quick ...

After a pair of small earthquakes shook San Bernardino on Monday morning, the city was jolted by another earthquake just before 10 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was the second ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 occurred on Saturday in the Caribbean Sea, according to the US Geological Survey, sparking a tsunami advisory. The tremor hit 129 miles southwest of ...

The entire area is filled with archaeological treasures," says Demirci. The earthquake shifted the city’s very foundation. Some buildings moved 3m from their original locations. Since many old ...

A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea south of the Cayman Islands Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to ...

The earthquake was reported just before 6:30pmlocal time about 200 kilometres south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands at a depth of about 9.6km, according to the US Geological Survey.