Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale ...

Venezuela reels after rare 7.2 and 7.5 quakes collapse buildings as experts compare the disaster to past mega‑events.

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being transferred from one part of the fault that runs through the country to another.

Then, at 6:04 p.m. ET, an M7.2 foreshock rocked the northeast coast of Venezuela, immediately followed by an M7.5 mainshock. Minutes later, an M6.9 temblor hit offshore of Kuji, Japan. It was an ...

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 ...

Venezuela and Japan are both hit by strong quakes, but Venezuela faces higher risks due to weaker building standards.

On Wednesday evening just after 6pm local time, two earthquakes violently shook northern Venezuela. The first one struck near San Felipe, the capital of the state of Yaracuy. Just 39 seconds later, ...

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in Southern California are more stressed now than at any time in 1,000 years, raising long-term earthquake risk for millions. Scientists ...

Back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela on Thursday, killing more than 150 people. Seismic expert Dr. Ellen Prager explains the science behind the quakes and why Venezuela sits in a high-risk zone.

Venezuela’s pair of earthquakes is considered doublet sequence. It’s not rare to have two quakes in short succession, but in ...

The toll from the back-to-back earthquakes that devastated Venezuela this week climbed Friday to at least 920 dead and 3,360 injured, authorities said.The new figures were announced by Jorge Rodríguez ...

The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela’s northern coast, killing more than 180 people, were an event known as a “doublet.” Doublet earthquakes happen when a pair of similar-sized quakes ...