Maine's strongest recorded earthquake occurred in 1904 and measured a magnitude of 5.7.

Professor Dean Whitman, of the Department of Earth and Environment, studies earthquakes. He answers questions about the geophysics of the destructive event.

On Wednesday evening, Venezuela was hit with its largest tremors in more than a century — toppling buildings and claiming more than 100 lives. The event, according to the US Geological Survey, was a ...

Many earthquakes in Venezuela are "shallow-focus," meaning they occur less than 15 to 20 kilometres below the ground.

An earthquake expert says shallow tremors, weak buildings, poor maintenance and local soil conditions combined to cause ...

Days after devastating earthquakes, Caracas witnessed a striking blood-red sunset that sparked speculation online. Scientists ...

Venezuela was hit by a rare doublet earthquake on Wednesday, with a magnitude 7.2 quake followed just 39 seconds later by a ...

Venezuela's twin earthquakes may have been caused by a rare earthquake doublet, in which two neighbouring fault segments ...

For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and ...

Venezuela red sky followed the deadly earthquakes as Caracas witnessed an unusual sunset, with experts attributing it to dust and debris from collapsed buildings.

Venezuela on Wednesday experienced something seismologists rarely observe: two massive earthquakes separated by just 39 ...

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The shaking from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 events caused buildings to collapse in ...