Before the 20 th century, the first basic mathematical consequence of what would be later understood as a gauge theory was ...

Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully ...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolts West of Macquarie Island Damage risk is heightened by the possibility, perhaps 50:50, of a local tsunami being generated, depending only on the mechanism of the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Seram in Indonesia on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the east coast of the Kamchatka region in Russia on Tuesday. A shallow earthquake, like the on in Russia, is more dangerous as it is more prone to aftershocks ...

A series of powerful earthquakes rattled Russia's Far East coast on Sunday, prompting a tsunami alert. The United States Geological Survey reported the strongest quake at a magnitude of 7.4 ...

Five earthquakes, including a magnitude-7.4, have occurred in waters near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the coast of the Kamchatka region in the far east of Russia on Sunday, earthquake monitoring agencies said. The earthquake struck off the east coast of ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 has struck about 3 miles west of Borrego Springs in northeastern San Diego County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The 2.6-magnitude earthquake may have been an aftershock of the May geological event; however, it occurred a bit northwest of the larger earthquake.

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake jolted the East Bay late Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.