In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

The Shaanxi earthquake—also known as the Hua County earthquake—is the deadliest quake to date, resulting in approximately 830,000 deaths. On the morning of Jan. 23, 1556, it destroyed a 520 ...

Powerful earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria last week had resulted in more than 41,000 deaths as of Tuesday. It is among most devastating and deadliest disasters seen in recent history.

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

The earthquakes in Syria and Turkey have killed more than 41,000 people. ... The deadliest earthquake so far in the 21st century was the December 2004 earthquake in Indonesia.

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century.

The deadliest earthquake in Turkey's history, and the third-most deadly of all time, occurred in 115 in the city of Antakya. Antakya, historically known as Antioch, ...

Japan’s biggest earthquake hit the country on March 11, 2011. The underwater quake hit around 80 miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s biggest island.

Here's a look at four of the worst earthquakes associated with the Nankai Trough: 1) The 1701 Hoei Earthquake The Hoei Earthquake is one of the most significant in Japan's history, with an ...

A massive earthquake that struck off the coast of Northern California Thursday morning is one of the largest the state has seen in the last 100 years. Here are all the largest California ...

For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.