Expert urges quake preparedness for Karachi, says city sits near three-plate junction and multiple fault lines ...

In general, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that make up the earth moving and rubbing together. The UK is situated within the Eurasian plate, more than 1,600km away from the nearest ...

Earthquakes happen when the Earth’s crust suddenly shifts. The crust is broken into large pieces called tectonic plates, which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. These plates only move a few ...

Each year, approximately 20,000 earthquakes occur globally. Even though most of these earthquakes are weak or occur in unpopulated areas, their destructive potential is clear. While richer nations ...

Global distribution of natural and induced seismicity. Natural earthquakes with moment magnitude higher than 5 are color-coded according to their hypocenter depth (upper right colorbar, U.S.

Thursday's non-quake highlighted the need for better earthquake-warning tools. Three western states have a system in place, but Nevada isn't included.

The most recent, a 1.2-magnitude tremor, hit about 2 ½ miles northeast of San Ramon at 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23. Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of small earthquakes has been rattling a Bay Area ...