Maine's strongest recorded earthquake occurred in 1904 and measured a magnitude of 5.7.

Professor Dean Whitman, of the Department of Earth and Environment, studies earthquakes. He answers questions about the geophysics of the destructive event.

On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a ...

Many earthquakes in Venezuela are "shallow-focus," meaning they occur less than 15 to 20 kilometres below the ground.

Venezuela was hit by a rare doublet earthquake on Wednesday, with a magnitude 7.2 quake followed just 39 seconds later by a ...

Whidbey Island on the night of July 1. And while a magnitude 3.8 isn't necessarily a strong earthquake, and this only ...

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and ...

Venezuela's twin earthquakes may have been caused by a rare earthquake doublet, in which two neighbouring fault segments ...

Days after devastating earthquakes, Caracas witnessed a striking blood-red sunset that sparked speculation online. Scientists ...

Nevada is among the most earthquake-prone states in the country ...

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The shaking from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 events caused buildings to collapse in ...