Earthquakes are caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. They can strike without warning and can occur at any time. In the U.S., 45 states and territories are at ...

A man from Bangor, County Down, has described how he had to evacuate children from their primary school as tremors from the ...

"We make noises over the intercom, sort of a 'mock earthquake,' and had the kids do the duck, cover and hold method." Aaron Kenneston, the Washoe County emergency manager, said reaction from the ...

Children at Bright Kids Kindergarten in the town of Kyaukse, south of Mandalay, were sleeping when a devastating earthquake ...

Images from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar are horrific. There is so much uncertainty in that region with the death ...

Every thirty seconds, there's an earthquake somewhere in the world. Although, don't worry. Most are minor. The Earth's surface is made up of a number of plates that are almost always moving.

But at some schools, students and educators were left rattled by the earthquake. “Kids are freaked, staff is freaked,” said Kiri Soares, principal of the Urban Assembly Institute of Math and ...