Earthquakes have a way of changing everything in a moment. When massive tectonic plates grind, slip, or catch against each other, the energy they release can redraw coastlines, send waves across ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Northeast Friday morning, in what New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called "one of the largest earthquakes on the East Coast in the last century." The earthquake was ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck just off the coast of Taiwan on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was about 20 miles east of Yilan County, Taiwan, and it ...

A map of earthquakes between 2015 to 2025 shows a near-continuous flicker of convulsions around the world. The pattern reveals the locations clearly: The dense clusters of dots coincide with the ...