In my novel, Tilt, the earthquake strikes in the late morning, on a weekday. My protagonist, Annie, 37 weeks pregnant, is ...

While Haiti was isolated from the world, fictionalized accounts of its only monarch, Henry Christophe, were often written and ...

When the ground shakes violently, entire cities can crumble within minutes. Homes, hospitals, roads, and lives can vanish ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another. Conversations about food, music, performance, and “weird” installation art ...

In the coming weeks, a new film based on the stories of George RR Martin will be in cinemas. Directed by Paul WS Anderson, ...

On social media a self-proclaimed earthquake predictor says he can forecast big shakes, but experts say it's pure luck.

Santorini’s biggest problem in recent years has been overtourism. Now, after a swarm of earthquakes earlier this year, the ...

Imagine a heavy book resting on a table. If you try to gently push the book across the table with the tip of your finger, it may first appear to ...

The Italian city has been shaken by its strongest earthquake in 40 years, and is part of a growing pattern of seismic unrest across Southern Europe. Environmental scientist Deborah R. Coen looks at ...

The 'Say Anything' actress dishes on her career and everyone she met along the way in her new memoir 'Say Everything' ...

was the deadliest earthquake in the US in recent memory Lucy Jones, a seismologist who worked for the US Geological Survey (USGS) for more than three decades and authored a book called The Big ...

Constance E. Squires’ novel is billed as the first work of fiction to tackle what is considered to be the worst act of ...