Al Jazeera examines a decade of earthquake data to see how 2026 compares and explains how and where earthquakes strike.

Two strong earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, collapsing buildings in the capital, Caracas. The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.2, struck near San Felipe, west of Caracas. Thirty-nine ...

A powerful earthquake measured at magnitude 7.4 rattled western Colombia on the morning of August 10, 2026, becoming the strongest tremor to hit the country in more than a decade. The shock struck ...