An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) said the quake occurred at 5:48 pm (local time) at a depth of 30 kilometres (km).

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded off Taiwan's northeastern coast on Saturday night, but no injuries or significant damage were reported.

Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden movements underground with tectonic plates. Seismographs are used by scientists to measure the time, location and strength of an earthquake. Magnitude illustrates the strength of an earthquake ...

The Feb. 6 quake was centered in Turkey's southeastern Kahramanmaras province. More than 41,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, according to Turkish and Syrian officials.

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake off of the California coast sent trembles Thursday morning throughout Northern California that uprooted homes from their foundations and cut power for thousands as a threat of a tsunami forced evacuations on the coast and parts ...

A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rumbled just offshore of the Big Island of Hawaii on Tuesday morning, but officials said no tsunamis were expected. The earthquake was about 5 miles southeast of the community of Pāhala, just off the southern shore of the Big ...

A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday, injuring more than 20 people and triggering a tsunami of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) in Pacific coast communities, officials said. The Japanese government was still assessing ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a ...

A powerful earthquake shook southern Mexico on Friday morning, damaging roads and hospitals and briefly interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press conference of the new year.