Thousands of earthquakes occur every day. Most are too minor to feel but strong earthquakes can cause massive destruction—like this bridge that collapsed in Taiwan after an magnitude 6.8 ...

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines ...

Now, a new study published today in Nature Geoscience has come up with a convincing, and surprising, answer: electricity, and earthquakes—lots of them. Those nuggets owe their existence to the ...

Japan is home to several types of natural disasters, including earthquakes, typhoon and flooding. The typhoon season lasts ...

Solid gold bars stacked in bank vaults, layers of plating on this summer’s Olympic medals or even your own pieces of golden jewelry could owe their existence to earthquakes. The stress and ...

An earthquake rattled southern Portugal Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 5.4, was recorded at 5:11 a.m. local time ...

LOS ANGELES - The Good Day LA cameras were rolling when an earthquake struck Southern California on Thursday. RELATED COVERAGE: Earthquake centered in Malibu rattles Southern California ...

It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse to become alarmist. By Corina Knoll and Jill Cowan ...

Trees fell down in Haikou, Hainan province, and residents are trying to restore order in their lives after the typhoon disaster. [Photo by HUANG YIMING/for chinadaily.com.cn] ...

Shanghai was hit by major flooding on Friday as Typhoon Pulasan made landfall in the Fengxian district with wind speeds of 83 km/h. This came just after the city was recovering from Typhoon Bebinca.

[Photo by HUANG YIMING/For chinadaily.com.cn] The impact of Super Typhoon Yagi has resulted in damage to 792 communication base stations in Wenchang, leading to an 82.3 percent power outage rate ...