While it caught many residents by surprise, Martin Chapman, a geophysics professor at Virginia Tech, said quakes like these ...

Henrico's 2.8-magnitude earthquake near Short Pump Tuesday afternoon, which was followed by a 2.3 aftershock early Wednesday, ...

The earth tremors in Richmond and its nearby regions are the first incident in Virginia in more than 13 years. Previously, an ...

A small temblor startled residents near Richmond this week. Over a decade ago, a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia became the most ...

Two of the ten most damaging earthquakes in recorded history happened on January 17th. This year is the thirtieth anniversary ...

On Christmas Day, many Helsinki residents were startled by an earthquake. Yle reported that the police received multiple reports of a loud bang in the Käpylä area. Toni Veikkolainen, a seismologist ...

MANILA, Philippines — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Agusan Del Sur at 6:26 p.m. on Thursday, December 26, according to Phivolcs. In Phivolcs’ second bulletin on the ...

the 2004 tsunami is the deadliest in recorded history. In less than six years, on March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake hit the east coast of Japan, the largest ever recorded in that country.

It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The clearing-up process in Galle, southern Sri Lanka, in 2004 The Boxing Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local time and, during the day, multiple ...

It was the worst tsunami disaster in history. The Boxing Day earthquake struck at 7.59am local time and, during the day, multiple devastating waves hit locations across Indonesia, Thailand ...

26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776 ... In 1935, Shenandoah National Park was established in northern Virginia. In 1966, the first Kwanzaa, created by Maulana Karenga, was observed.

3. Indian Ocean 2004: Magnitude 9.1 Twenty years ago, an undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, caused widespread devastation in multiple countries. It was the worst tsunami disaster ...