Here is a list of the world's deadliest earthquakes this century: 31 August 2025: More than 2,200 people died as a magnitude 6 quake struck eastern Afghanistan. 28 March 2025: A 7.7-magnitude ...

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend rose sharply Thursday to more than 2,200, according to updated figures, making it the deadliest in decades to ...

On the cold morning of January 23, 1556, people in Shaanxi province, China, began their day like any other, unaware that catastrophe was just moments away. Suddenly, the ground began to shake ...

BOGO, Philippines — Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for survivors in mud and rubble on Wednesday and authorities urged help for hospitals inundated with the injured after the deadliest ...

KATHMANDU — Hundreds are feared dead after a powerful 7.9 magnitude quake rocked Nepal on Saturday. Below is a list of some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes in the past 30 years. • August 11, 2012 ...

Fears of a devastating tsunami faded Wednesday for the U.S. and Japan after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula, but new alerts along South ...

WASHINGTON — The death toll from the earthquake-generated tsunami in Asia made 2004 the deadliest year for earthquakes in five centuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday. The agency estimated ...