AP Previous estimates of the strength of the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri were too high, some earthquake experts say. A paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America ...

The nearly four decades preceding the disaster off Sumatra (one of the main islands in Indonesia) didn't see a single great earthquake, US Geological Survey scientist Charles Bufe said Thursday, from the Seismological Society of America's annual ...

The G7 finance leaders discussed Japan's earthquake, Europe's debt woes and the political situation in the Middle East and North Africa as risks to the global economy, Noda told reporters.

Then, in 1989, a 6.9 earthquake tore the Bay Area apart again. The Loma Prieta decimated 16000 homes, racked up an estimated $10 billion in damage and killed about 60 people.

By Harry Cassidy The devastating earthquake that recently hit Japan has me thinking about homeowners insurance and just how important it is.

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami left immeasurable scars across northeastern Japan on an unprecedented scale. What questions did the catastrophic disaster and the ensuing accident at the Fukushima No.

The initial earthquake hit around 2:30pm on Friday afternoon. Nikki, our translator Sisko and I had just arrived to visit the Buddha in Kamakura, a town about two hours outside of Tokyo.

It was the second-highest annual growth rate for exports in 11 years. The earthquake and tsunami dealt a severe blow to some of Japan's industrial facilities and analysts in Seoul have said South Korean exporters would benefit if disruptions in Japan ...