The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, California? Or Japan?

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any ...

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Tuesday morning. The quake hit just southwest of Mendi, in the Southern ...

A strong, shallow earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia's Maluku province, causing panic in several cities and villages. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The U.S. Geological ...

Aug 16 (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near the east coast of Australia on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...