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

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.

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 ...

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 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, ...

By comparison, in Los Angeles the worst earthquake amplification is fivefold, Jones said. Rescuers look for survivors after an earthquake in Mexico City, Sept. 19, 2017. Mario Vazquez/AFP/Getty Images ...

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.

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.