The Latest Breaking News from Earthquakes

Hotel guests flee as strong quake shakes most populous region after land rises 9cm in two weeks

The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, has closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible volcanic eruption

A Hebrew note found in the Vatican Library describes a 1446 earthquake swarm previously unknown to seismologists.

Blue Lagoon resort temporarily shuts as ‘seismic swarm’ prompts fears of volcanic eruption

More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington’s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no signs of imminent eruption

The 5.2 magnitude earthquake is tied for the fourth strongest in Texas history. It occurred in an area where oilfield companies have long been injecting wastewater from fracking underground.

As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same instruments used to monitor and study earthquakes.

Two tremors of low magnitude (1.9 & 2.1 on Richter Scale) recorded in Bidar district, Karnataka. Epicentre 1.7 km NNE of Waddankera village & 1.9 km W of Nimbura village.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook northwestern Nepal just before midnight Friday, killing at least 138 people with dozens more injured

Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula has experienced a seismic swarm of over 5,500 small earthquakes, raising the possibility of a volcanic eruption.

A series of devastating quakes has taken thousands of lives and left thousands more homeless. Aid specialists say the Taliban lacks the equipment and experience to help the survivors.