Twin earthquakes like those that ripped through the region are unusual but not unheard of. Scientists are already gathering ...

Maine's strongest recorded earthquake occurred in 1904 and measured a magnitude of 5.7.

On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a ...

Venezuela sits on one of South America's most active tectonic boundaries, where constant movement between major plates makes ...

Professor Dean Whitman, of the Department of Earth and Environment, studies earthquakes. He answers questions about the geophysics of the destructive event.

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The ...

The damage in Caracas and La Guaira has reignited the debate over the safety standards required for buildings in ...

They were two of the strongest quakes to hit Venezuela in more than a century. Quakes of 7.0 to 7.9 magnitude are considered ...

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures collapsing ...

The computer model has been devised by researchers from Northwestern University. The model has shown that earthquake faults retain, geologically speaking, a ‘sense of memory.’ According to ...

Atorod Azizinamini, professor in the department of civil engineering, shares his insight on the earthquake and the importance ...

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake registered near the Illinois-Indiana border. The quake happened around 2 a.m. in northwest Edwards ...