Earthquakes — just a mention of the word is enough to send a tingle down the spine and a shake through the body (literally). These planet-wobbling shocks have wrought havoc on humankind since time ...

Dozens of people have died, hundreds are missing and many more homes were destroyed after separate volcanic eruptions in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, some scientists ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 struck Bhutan on Wednesday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 6km, making it susceptible to ...