When you hear of an earthquake, you usually hear its intensity described using a number. >> Read more trending news To most, that number represents the strength of the earthquake, or how much damage ...

A moderate earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale struck western Nepal early Wednesday morning, officials said.

(CNN) — Here is a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey (USGS) describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck western Nicaragua on Friday, capping a week marked by intense seismic activity across several countries.

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in our planet's mantle, the layer sandwiched between the thin crust and Earth ...