The magnitude-8.2 earthquake originated at a depth of 12.5 miles in the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles northwest of Iquique.
Eric Linton
Apr 01, 2014
KTLA anchor Chris Schauble's reaction to a 4.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Southern California went viral on the web immediately after the broadcast.
Luke Villapaz
Mar 17, 2014
Nicki Minaj is in Los Angeles and felt the earthquake on Monday morning. The rapper later tweeted about how frightened she was.
Amethyst Tate
Mar 17, 2014
A strong quake hit an area near Eureka Sunday night and was followed by several aftershocks.
David Kashi
Mar 10, 2014
There could be a vast body of water underneath Earth’s mantle, according to new research from seismologists in the U.K.
Philip Ross
Jan 28, 2014
Drought is usually overlooked as a devastating natural disaster, but it has triggered huge losses in Latin America.
Patricia Rey Mallén
Dec 13, 2013
The small, cheap seismic sensors are similar to accelerometers used in smartphones and can provide accurate alerts of natural calamities.
Sreeja VN
Dec 13, 2013
Drilling in the Japan Trench, an international team of scientists finds an unusually thin and slippery geological fault.
Kukil Bora
Dec 06, 2013
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook southern Iran, near a nuclear power plant in the Bushehr region on Thursday evening.
Zoe Mintz
Nov 28, 2013
A deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Monday evening, but there are no signs of a tsunami.
Maria Vultaggio
Oct 14, 2013
The appeal follows an attack aimed at a government aid official in a district that is home to a separatist insurgent leader.
Amrutha Gayathri
Sep 27, 2013
A 8.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the Sea of Okhotsk last May has seismologists wondering how the massive earthquake could take place nearly 400 miles below the water’s surface.
Zoe Mintz
Sep 20, 2013
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Izu Islands and was felt 400 miles away in Tokyo. Fukushima unaffected, Tepco says.
Eric Brown
Sep 03, 2013
A 2.7 magnitude earthquake hit six miles south-southeast of Warrensburg, N.Y., Sunday morning.
Fionna Agomuoh
Aug 25, 2013
‘She Loves You’ has flourished for five decades and became a cultural touchstone, a defining moment in pop music history.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 23, 2013
A strong magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck China’s Gansu province Monday at 7:45 a.m. local time (Sunday at 7:45 p.m. EDT).
J.J. McGrath
Jul 22, 2013
The major earthquake damaged buildings, cut power, and broke water mains.
Sophie Song
Jul 21, 2013
An analysis of the 2009 Redoubt volcano eruption in Alaska, reveals some volcanoes scream at a high pitch just before they erupt.
Kukil Bora
Jul 15, 2013
Lesson for the EU's president: Don't mess with France's perception of its "exception culturelle." The French will get very angry.
Mathilde Hamel
Jun 17, 2013
A powerful magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook Nicaragua’s Pacific Coast Saturday at 11:34 a.m. local time.
J.J. McGrath
Jun 15, 2013
A recent study claims the Pacific Coast, mainly British Columbia, is due to experience a high magnitude, megathrust earthquake.
Rebecka Schumann
Jun 13, 2013
"It's been four days, four days. I haven't seen any government official bother to ask us how we have been coping," a Sichuan villager says.
Eric Linton
Apr 24, 2013