Earthquake: An earthquake is a dangerous natural disaster that causes significant damage to life and property worldwide every ...

Some move alongside each other, whilst others are above and below each other. It is this movement that causes earthquakes and ...

Pressure builds up when sliding plates get stuck, increasing “very slowly for decades or for hundreds of years, and then all ...

Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, lies over 1,000 kilometers (about 621 miles) away from the earthquake’s epicenter.

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 prompted the government to establish a nationwide network to monitor seismic ...

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has caused slight damage in Tonga and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami passed.

The release of this energy causes the intense shaking of the planet ... and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of earthquakes. The boundary between the two plates is called the ...

Plate temperature and water release can explain the occurrence of different types of earthquakes in Guerrera, Mexico. A Kobe ...

and then all of a sudden the rock plates will jump," triggering shaking that causes an earthquake, Steckler said. Earthquakes typically occur along edges of tectonic plates. But their impacts may ...