- An
earthquake – also
called a quake, tremor, or temblor – is the
shaking of the Earth's
surface resulting from a
sudden release of
energy in the lithosphere...
- On 28
March 2025 at 12:50:54 MMT (06:20:54 UTC), a Mw 7.7–7.9
earthquake struck the
Sagaing Region of Myanmar, with an
epicenter close to Mandalay, the...
- This is a list of
earthquakes in 2025. Only
earthquakes of
magnitude 6 or
above are included,
unless they
result in
significant damage and/or casualties...
- On 6
February 2023, at 04:17 TRT (01:17 UTC), a Mw 7.8
earthquake struck southern and
central Turkey and
northern and
western Syria. The
epicenter was...
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Earthquakes are
caused by
movements within the Earth's
crust and
uppermost mantle. They
range from weak
events detectable only by seismometers, to sudden...
- On 23
April 2025 at 12:49:10 TRT, a Mww 6.2
earthquake struck the Sea of Marmara, 21 km (13 mi)
southeast of
Marmara Ereğlisi, Tekirdağ Province, Turkey...
- On 26
December 2004, at 07:58:53
local time (UTC+7), a
major earthquake with a
magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw
struck with an
epicentre off the west
coast of Aceh...
- The 1960
Valdivia earthquake and
tsunami (Spanish:
Terremoto de Valdivia) or the
Great Chilean earthquake (Gran
terremoto de Chile)
occurred on 22 May...
- Look up
earthquake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
earthquake is the
result of a
sudden release of
energy in the Earth's
crust (the
outer layer)...
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Megathrust earthquakes occur at
convergent plate boundaries,
where one
tectonic plate is
forced underneath another. The
earthquakes are
caused by slip...
