China evacuates 283,000 people and cancels flights in Shanghai - Co-May's landfall in port city of Zhoushan was followed by ...

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...

Countries with the most earthquakes are often located near the boundaries of tectonic plates, where seismic activity is most ...

Waves of 4ft (1.2m) have already hit Hawaii on the coast of Oahu, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

Observatory says ‘tsunami heights of the first couple of waves reaching Hong Kong were too low to be observed’.

The warning has been issued to anyone travelling to or in the Phillipines, Canada, Taiwan, China, Tonga, New Zealand, Russia, ...

Western China is regularly hit by earthquakes. A magnitude-7.9 quake in 2008 left nearly 90,000 people dead in Sichuan, many of them in collapsed schools and other poorly constructed buildings.

Tectonic shifts and quake tremors spark formation of vibrant ecosystems deep beneath the Earth’s surface, China-led research finds.

Earthquakes have taken countless lives throughout history, but one stands out for its massive destruction. Let’s look at the ...