A rare, ultra-long earthquake in Myanmar revealed that mature faults can deliver their full force directly to the surface.

Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) Weak building codes and years of ...

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PM local time, a significant earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck 136 kilometers northwest of Ternate, Indonesia. The event, reported by Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and ...

Following the earthquake and tsunami warning that shook up the California and Oregon coasts on Thursday, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be mindful of hazard ...

On Friday, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, sending tremors felt across nearby areas. Such seismic events, while not uncommon in this geologically active region, ...

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EDITORIAL: While the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Karachi on December 16 caused panic among residents, it ...

Sylhet, in the country’s northeast, lies in an extremely high-risk “red zone” for earthquakes. Much of the region sits atop ...

Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...