About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

Haiti on Saturday was struck by a powerful earthquake that by one measure was actually stronger than the devastating 2010 quake that turned much of the capital city of Port-au-Prince into rubble. The ...

After an earthquake, it is crucial in the early phase of disaster management to obtain a rapid assessment of the severity of the impact on the affected population in order to be able to initiate ...