Local disaster management officials put the death toll from the quakes at 535. Earlier U.N. figures that put the death toll at 1,100 were just estimates, said...

Across this coastal provincial capital, hardest hit by the latest earthquake to devastate Indonesia, mourners, survivors and rescue workers alike clawed through heaps...

A second powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia on Thursday as rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous day’s quake, which killed more than 500...

A court has ordered Bolivian preacher, Jose Mar Flores, kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from...

The government is handing over dozens of new homes to victims of the April 6 earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi will preside...

A major earthquake struck Indonesia on Wednesday — initially categorized as magnitude 7.4 before being downgraded to 7.0 by geological officials.

‘A high-intensity earthquake measuring over 7.6 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean early this morning,” reported the...

A destructive earthquake shocked eastern Afghanistan claiming over 120 lives. The earthquake, which according to local officials, shook western Afghanistan in the early...

When one considers California and the earthquakes risks within the state it may initially be hard to understand why so many people would settle in the state. The...

At least 50 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that struck central Italy, Italian officials say. Five children are said to be among the dead and many...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck northern Italy on Tuesday near the city of Parma and was followed hours later by a smaller quake, but no one was injured,...

Rescuers raced to reach a remote village in Kyrgyzstan on Monday after a strong earthquake killed at least 72 people in a mountainous area near the border with China....

It’s a classic case of American news outlets making disproportionate news out of almost everything that comes out of Japan. On one hand, CNN headlines the story about...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit the border between China and Myanmar early on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and seriously injuring five others, a local emergency official...

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles metropolitan area Tuesday, startling residents but causing no serious damage or injuries.

The earthquake that rattled Southern California on Tuesday might have caused devastation if it had taken place in some parts of the world, but relatively strict...

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake struck at 11:42 am (1842 GMT) and was...

Scientists in the United States have devised a method for measuring changes in the speed of seismic waves that could one day help predict earthquakes, a study said...

A 300-km aftershock zone has been created following the devastating earthquake that hit southwestern China May 12, killing more than 80,000 people, an earthquake expert...