Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The ...

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The ...

Thousands of residents are fleeing Santorini after hundreds of earthquakes were recorded near the Greek island in the last 48 ...

On February 8, 2025, a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Northwestern Caribbean Sea, initiating a Tsunami alert 130 ...

A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean Sea triggering tsunami warnings for a number of countries, the ...

The 1956 earthquake was a mainshock–aftershock sequence, with aftershocks lasting at least eight months after the mainshock.

A strong earthquake has been recorded between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini, after days of consecutive tremors in the area. More than 11,000 people have already left Santorini with around ...

However, researchers believe the earthquakes there are driven by the movement of plates, or plate tectonics, rather than volcanic activity. David Pyle, a professor of Earth sciences at the ...