Major earthquakes have caused devastation around the world this summer. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines in June, triggering a tsunami. Twin quakes with magnitudes over 7.0 struck ...

Major earthquakes around the world over the past year are a reminder of how quickly and unexpectedly disaster can strike.

The U.S. Geological Survey has tracked multiple major earthquakes with a magnitude 7.0 or higher worldwide. Recent quakes have struck in Venezuela, Colombia and the Philppines in 2026. Through August ...

In the past month, three earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above have struck Indonesia, Colombia and Mexico, killing hundreds of people. In June, two powerful quakes seconds apart levelled swaths of ...

Whenever there’s a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: are earthquakes becoming more frequent? Over the past three months, multiple large earthquakes ...

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In mid July, I returned from Venezuela, where I was deployed as part of the IRC's emergency response team, supporting communications and media efforts. We had just marked three weeks since the ...

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake recently struck off Alaska's Aleutian Islands. This event is part of a string of recent seismic activity along the Pacific Ring of Fire, including several smaller quakes in ...

Major earthquakes have caused devastation around the world this summer. The number of major earthquakes in such a short span of time may seem shocking but experts tell The Independent this is par for ...