The first “Big One” earthquake in more than a decade has rattled the world. What if it had happened anywhere else? Say, California? Or Japan?

Earthquakes are among nature’s most destructive forces, capable of reshaping coastlines and triggering tsunamis within minutes. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in 2025 rattled buildings, triggered Pacific-wide tsunami ...

The year 2025 was marked by a series of powerful earthquakes across the globe. From Himalayas to island nations, seismic events left hundreds dead, destroyed homes and infrastructure and displaced millions.

Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue speed-up period was independently confirmed by satellite observations.

According to Tom's Hardware, an inspection of affected TSMC facilities revealed no damage despite the severity of the earthquake, which registered 7.0 on Taiwan's scale. It was reported as a 6.6-magnitude event on the USGS website, which tracks earthquakes near the US and worldwide.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is one of the strongest quakes ever recorded, triggering tsunami warnings in Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. The Russia earthquake joins an ...

Mexico is one of the world's most seismically active countries. In 2017, a 7.1 magnitude quake killed more than 200 people and toppled dozens of buildings in Mexico City. At least two people have died after a powerful earthquake hit southern and central Mexico on Friday.

This was the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since April 2024, when several buildings collapsed and 20 people were killed.