Earthquakes: Facts, news, features and articles about when Earth moves

A new method of assessing tsunami risk in New Zealand finds that giant waves could hit the country's shores once every 500 years.

Researchers have found evidence that aftershocks may continue for centuries after a major earthquake — though the finding is still open for debate.

Fossilized tree analysis finds a single massive earthquake may have rocked what is now Seattle around 1,100 years ago rather than several smaller quakes, and that another equally powerful one could hit the city in the future.

Over 10,000 earthquakes have hit the Noto Peninsula over the last three years. They are believed to be emanating from an long-dead volcano, with fluids pushing through the collapsed system.

GPS data can track slight tremors underground that could help predict earthquakes two hours in advance.

The eruption was the most powerful natural explosion in over a century, triggering a tsunami hundreds of feet high.

Scientists calculated the diameter of Earth's innermost core using earthquake waves that bounced through the planet 'like ping-pong balls.'

The Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria was so deadly because the region sits on a boundary between multiple tectonic plates, while soil and building conditions make strong earthquakes more likely to cause damage.

The amount of energy released in an earthquake is controlled by how much of the crust breaks. The good news is, we're not likely to see a magnitude 10.