Persistent earthquakes on the Greek island of Santorini force a cruise ship to change its planned route. Instead, the "Viking Star" calls at a port on Crete.

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Most people feel a small tremor, wait a few seconds for it to stop, and then go back to whatever they were doing. That ...

High casualties are expected after an ‘earthquake doublet’ with magnitudes above 7.

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The shaking from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 events caused buildings to collapse in ...

Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious Utah earthquake first detected in 1979 really did occur nearly 90 kilometers underground—far deeper than anyone thought earthquakes could happen beneath a ...

The earthquakes that hit Venezuela 6 days ago may have damaged or destroyed 58,000 buildings, NASA says, as rescuers race the ...

At least 920 people died and nearly 3,000 were injured June 24 after two devastating earthquakes hit a minute apart in northern Venezuela, the Caribbean nation with a long and deadly quake history.

The U.S. Geological Survey warned that "high casualties and damage are probable, and that the disaster is likely widespread." ...

On Wednesday evening, two earthquakes struck in quick succession in northern Venezuela, around 170 kilometers (105 miles) west of the capital Caracas.

A series of unlucky factors — two earthquakes in rapid succession, a fault that ruptured toward Caracas, soft ground and the shallow depth of the earthquake — combined to make the Venezuela ...