Expat insurance experts at William Russell have ranked the safest countries in the world based on factors like crime rates ...

A seismologist from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre has said it may take “weeks” to see how the ongoing ...

The Aegean Sea is no stranger to earthquakes. It is laced with faults related to the slow collision between the African and ...

A rare 3.8 magnitude earthquake shook Maine on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 10:22 a.m. and was reported at a depth of 13.2 km and centered 10 km ...

brittle rocks on the East Coast are better at spreading earthquake energy across long distances. The biggest quakes usually occur along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which extends through Iceland and ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

Often these earthquakes are small, in the magnitude 3 and smaller range. But it isn’t unusual for a few 5s to herald the re-awakening of long-dormant volcanic regions. Iceland’s current ...

Take Iceland, for example. With the region facing numerous eruptions ... More than a year ago, Chadwick said the inflation ...

For example, in Iceland, the ongoing activity has been happening over five years or so,” he says. This has serious implications for Ethiopia, as another round of significant earthquakes could damage ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

Earthquakes are less common on the East Coast ... The biggest quakes usually occur along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which extends through Iceland and the Atlantic Ocean. A plate boundary called ...