The Fiery Horseshoe Around the Pacific Stretching around nearly the entire Pacific Ocean like some geological necklace gone ...

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Earlier, Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration estimated its magnitude at 6.1. According to the National Fire Agency, so far, no damage to the island’s transport networks has been reported.

Natural disasters, from wildfires, floods and mudslides in western states to large earthquakes in Japan, have rocked, burned and flooded parts of the world in the first months of 2025. What’s next?

The magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 may have been one of the 10 largest ever recorded on the planet, but it wasn't totally unprecedented. The ...

Iceland's volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific's Ring of Fire. This time, it's shaking up a town. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...