According to Greek media, two male tourists, a 27-year-old from Sweden and a 39-year-old from Turkey, were killed when a roof collapsed at a bar on Kos. At least one hundred people were injured, three of whom severely. The region ...

The discovery of blind, or unknown, faults means faultlines could connect up, giving a much longer structure and bigger-than-expected earthquakes, according to Radio NZ. GNS Science has published the first of 10 papers on November’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in the international ...

The Big One may be overdue to hit California, but scientists near LA have found a new risk for the area during a major earthquake, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Mail Online. They claim that if a major tremor hits ...

As soon as people started to dig minerals out of the ground, rockfalls and tunnel collapses must have become recognized hazards. Today, earthquakes caused by humans occur on a much greater scale. Events over the last century have shown mining ...

The late Friday quake with a magnitude of 6.5 roused residents from sleep in the Surigao del Norte province, sending hundreds fleeing from their homes, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ABC News. The quake was centered about 14 kilometers northwest ...

Bruno Di Tommaso’s warning came in an email published by Italian media, as rescuers continued searching for 23 missing people at the Rigopiano hotel, the BBC reports. After the series of earthquakes, avalanche buried the remote hotel in Abruzzo, central ...

Italy’s Civil Protection agency confirmed the Hotel Rigopiano had been engulfed by a two ­meter high wall of snow and that emergency services were struggling to get ambulances and diggers to the site, RTE reports. The agency said there had been ...

Tremors from the earthquake were felt in the capital Rome and regions hit by a series of deadly tremors last year. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to RTE. The quake was recorded 111 km (69 ...

The quake’s epicenter was 152km southwest of the city of Nadi, according to the US Geological Survey. It struck about 6pm at a depth of 10km, New Zealand Herald reports. Last week a quake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck ...

The US Geological Service measured the quake at a magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale. It said it was centered south of the lakeside town of Betafo, in central Madagascar, just a few miles from the border between Antananarivo and Fianarantsoa provinces, ...

It was the worst earthquake in the UK since 2005. But nobody felt the shake because its magnitude was just 3.8 on the Richter scale. So Brits responded on Twitter with their famous British humor and an ironic campaign support. ...

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Chile at 14:22 GMT Sunday. The epicenter was 39 km southwest of Puerto Quellon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. CNN said that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a ...

The quake of 7.9 magnitude struck 46 km east of Taron in Papua New Guinea on 10:51 GMT (8:51 p.m. local time) of December 17, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was at depth of ...

The earthquake hit less than 30 kilometers off the island of Makira — and 70 kilometers southwest of the island’s city of Kirakira — about 4:38 a.m. local time Friday (12:38 p.m. ET Thursday), according to the US Geological Survey, ...

The US Geological Surv reported about an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude on 14:50 UTC 157 km west of Ferndale in Northern California on Thursday, but later it was downgraded to the magnitude of 6.5. The center of the quake was 10 ...