The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

University of Sharjah professors patent an earthquake dissipation device that only needs sand to withstand seismic forces.

The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed a magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit Western Washington near Snoqualmie Monday afternoon.

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...