At least 32 people have died and more than 700 others were injured after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, with videos ...

Then, at 6:04 p.m. ET, an M7.2 foreshock rocked the northeast coast of Venezuela, immediately followed by an M7.5 mainshock.

Venezuela's government declared a state of emergency after two powerful earthquakes caused widespread damage across parts of ...

Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

Authorities have estimated that the number of casualties could be in the tens of thousands ...

Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...

Nothing calms pre-performance jitters quite like a quick "break a leg" before stepping onstage. With reports of human-induced "earthquakes" making headlines around the world, telling a rock band to ...

In 2011, Japan reeled from the effects of a devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake. But unnoticed in the chaos resulting from the quake, its major aftershocks and the tsunami it caused, something ...

Earthquakes usually strike without warning. But sometimes they come in clusters — dozens or even hundreds of small quakes concentrated in one area over days or weeks. Geologists call these clusters ...