False claims that an earthquake was a covert nuclear weapons test in the Middle East have been proved wrong. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 in Iran on Oct. 5 was rumored to be a coverup for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of another layer, called the mantle. The ...

Large earthquakes are unpredictable and do not arrive at regular intervals, according to a new study that challenges the myth of an “overdue” massive earthquake in the Himalayas. The research ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for people around the Pacific to be on alert ...

The spate of earthquakes that have inflicted major damage upon Christchurch in New Zealand display a very worrying trend. Is the nearby volcano about to erupt? The first site - Geonet has an image of ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer push the ...

Once in a while, the people of California have the ground reminded of the fact that the ground is, in reality, unrest. Throughout the past 24 hours, a series of earthquakes of varying intensity, ...

New York’s largest recorded earthquake struck on September 4, 1944, near Massena in St. Lawrence County. The tremor registered a magnitude of 5.8 and was felt as far away as Canada, Maryland, Indiana, ...

April 25, 2015 - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, and is centered less than 50 miles from its capital Kathmandu. The death toll is more than 8,000, with 366 missing, according to Nepal’s ...