All news on the topic: Earthquake

A giant deep sea oarfish has been found washed up on a beach in the Philippines, with locals fearing it could be a horrific omen foretelling a big earthquake on the horizon

The 1.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Snowdonia and described as having a 'roar like a strong wind' by some locals, with effects as far away as Gwynedd and Anglesey

The epicentre of the earthquake struck in the Californian city of El Centro which lies on the San Andreas fault. Residents from San Diego to Yuma, Arizona, were woken up as their homes began to shake

Scientists have been left 'gobsmacked' by rare 3D fossils of ancient 'Dr. Seuss trees,' which show a snapshot of the world from the planet’s early forests

Reality TV star Ekin-Su Culculoglu has been teaching kids in east London about her visit to the parts of Turkey stricken by last year's earthquake which took the lives of more than 50,000 people

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Oklahoma City, centred in Prague, rattled residents late at night, with reports of shaking felt in surrounding areas

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale has been recorded in the UK as residents described hearing their doors and windows shake for 'several seconds'

The first earthquake struck Morvern, Scottish Highlands, on Wednesday and the second earthquake was felt on the Treshnish Islands off the Argyll coast hours later

In what locals described as a "bad omen," thousands of sardines washed up onto the shores of an island in the Philippines. A few days later, the country was hit with a "major earthquake"

Fisherman in Thailand were left shocked after they came across a harbinger oarfish in the Andaman Sea - locals fear the fish indacates that an earthquake is looming

Residents in the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, were struck by an earthquake on Tuesday, but British Geological Survey experts claim the seismic activity may have been too small to even feel

Rescue teams are battling to reach people trapped in collapsed buildings after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, with aftershocks and a tsunami warning still in place

Japanese authorities have warned that more aftershocks could strike after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked the country on New Year's Day, sparking fears of a devastating tsunami

Video and images on social media showed flattened houses, shoppers thrown to the ground by the tremendous seismic force and roads cracked to pieces after an enormous 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Japan today

Towns and villages on the west coast of Japan have been warned to brace for tsunami waves measuring 16ft-high after a massive 7.6- magnitude earthquake struck the centre of Japan

British Geological Survey (BGS) says the earthquake, which rocked Capel Carmel in Pen Llyn in Gwynedd, was at a depth of 19km, with a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale

The Fagradalsfjall volcano, which spewed lava 500 feet into the air when it erupted on Monday, could erupt again at any moment and "without warning", according to experts

The volcanic eruption at the Sundhnjúka crater happened near Hagafell on the country's Reykjanes Peninsula on Monday night after thousands of small earthquakes in recent weeks

Houses caved in and crumbled in a Monday night earthquake in the Gansu and Qinghai provinces of China following the earthquake on Monday night, which has killed at least 131 people

China has been rocked by the deadliest earthquake in 10 years, which has seen at least 118 people die across the Gansu and Qinghai provinces and others seriously hurt

An earthquake in China has left over 100 people dead, with hundreds more injured, and downed power lines and communication infrastructure leaving thousands in the cold during the winter

An earthquake with a magnitude of seven has hit the Philippines on the back of Saturday's major quake and it has sparked fears of a tsunami in parts of Japan with people evacuated

One villager died in the first earthquake, and several more were injured, as the rumbles rocked huge swathes of the Philippines. The tremors were so strong that houses swayed and many feared their homes would cave in

A massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippines with the epicentre off the southern coast and metre high tsunamis expected to reach as far as Japan in the coming hours