Discovery of fissure in tectonic plate “could explain major earthquakes in Lisbon”; Fissure forming for “at least five ...

An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded late on Friday night in the municipality of Rota, Cádiz, ...

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake caused a tsunami that killed more than 5,200 people on Dec. 30, 1703, according to NOAA data. The event occurred off the southwest Boso Peninsula, which is just south of ...