Ancient earthquakes

Aftershocks happen after big earthquakes, lasting weeks or even decades. In the U.S., certain places might be feeling shocks from events that occurred centuries ago. Back in the 1800s, some of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history hit the...

The recent earthquake tragedy to strike Turkey was not the first of its kind. Even in ancient times, the territory now known as Turkey was struck by numerous earthquakes. Some of them were devastating to the ancient nations that...

Greece may be struck by a large earthquake like the one which has devastated Turkey and Syria, at least two Greek scientists have said. The seismological forecasts were made during conversations about the impacts of the natural disaster in Turkey...