News about Earthquakes, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Apr 3, 2024 · The magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday damaged many buildings and a major highway in Hualien, a city on the eastern coast, and it knocked out power as it rocked the island.

Dec 5, 2024 · An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, briefly prompting a tsunami warning and leaving residents rattled from Southern Oregon to the San ...

Apr 5, 2024 · A magnitude-4.8 earthquake sent tremors from Philadelphia to Boston and jolted buildings in New York City. An apparent aftershock was widely felt around 6 p.m.

Jan 1, 2024 · After an earthquake in the city of Kobe in 1995 killed about 6,000 people and injured tens of thousands more, Japan invested billions in technological research into safer structures, and in making ...

Feb 9, 2023 · Monday’s earthquake affected a large swath of Syria’s northwest, including areas controlled by the Syrian government and opposition forces backed by Turkey.

Jan 6, 2025 · Using their hands and shovels in frigid conditions, rescue workers dug through the rubble in the search for survivors after a deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake toppled houses and jolted people awake ...

Aug 8, 2024 · Experts warn that an earthquake between two tectonic plates that converge along the Nankai megathrust fault, which runs from Kyushu north through Tokyo, could cause devastation.

Dec 6, 2024 · A powerful earthquake struck 30 miles off the California coast on Thursday morning, prompting emergency tsunami alerts to buzz on more than half a million cellphones and sending cans and bottles ...

Jun 18, 2018 · Earthquakes are a weighty subject, and one of the ways Californians deflect concern about them is through attempts at humor.