Us Earthquake

US scientist Gary Ruvkun, who on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine with fellow American Victor Ambros for their discovery of microRNA, said winning the honour was like "an earthquake".

Google announced multiple new features for Android users on Tuesday. There are a total of five new features being added to existing Android tools such as TalkBack and Circle to Search. Google Chrome is also getting a new text-to-speech feature that will allow users to listen to articles and web pages easily. Offline Google Maps are also being added...

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Taiwan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with the tremor shaking buildings in Taipei but causing no major damage.

The study of Cascadia Subduction Zone is important because plates like these can witness massive earthquakes that could generate tsunamis 100 feet or more.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Papua New Guinea early Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US seismologists said.

After her comments, co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg rushed to correct her, insisting that there was nothing sinister behind the eclipse and the rise of bugs.

A video shows the moment the Statue of Liberty, the iconic landmark, in New York City was hit by an earthquake.

UN Security Council diplomats were shaken in their chairs, planes got briefly grounded, and furniture rattled across New York Friday when an earthquake jolted the city that never sleeps.

Hours after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake, New Jersey was hit by another aftershock of 4.0 on Friday (local time), authorities confirmed.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the US state of New Jersey on Friday interrupted the UN Security Council meeting in the neighboring New York City.

New York City was shaken by a small earthquake on Friday with a 4.8 magnitude and an epicenter in neighboring New Jersey state, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

A strong earthquake hit Hawaii on Friday, US seismologists said, but there was no danger of a tsunami.

Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and forced the evacuation of thousands in the Noto peninsula.

The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.

US scientist Gary Ruvkun, who on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine with fellow American Victor Ambros for their discovery of microRNA, said winning the honour was like "an earthquake".

Google announced multiple new features for Android users on Tuesday. There are a total of five new features being added to existing Android tools such as TalkBack and Circle to Search. Google Chrome is also getting a new text-to-speech feature that will allow users to listen to articles and web pages easily. Offline Google Maps are also being added...

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Taiwan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with the tremor shaking buildings in Taipei but causing no major damage.

The study of Cascadia Subduction Zone is important because plates like these can witness massive earthquakes that could generate tsunamis 100 feet or more.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage.

A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northern Papua New Guinea early Monday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, US seismologists said.

After her comments, co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg rushed to correct her, insisting that there was nothing sinister behind the eclipse and the rise of bugs.

A video shows the moment the Statue of Liberty, the iconic landmark, in New York City was hit by an earthquake.

UN Security Council diplomats were shaken in their chairs, planes got briefly grounded, and furniture rattled across New York Friday when an earthquake jolted the city that never sleeps.

Hours after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake, New Jersey was hit by another aftershock of 4.0 on Friday (local time), authorities confirmed.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the US state of New Jersey on Friday interrupted the UN Security Council meeting in the neighboring New York City.

New York City was shaken by a small earthquake on Friday with a 4.8 magnitude and an epicenter in neighboring New Jersey state, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

A strong earthquake hit Hawaii on Friday, US seismologists said, but there was no danger of a tsunami.

Japan plans to accept a relief team from the United States but no aid from other governments, the daily Nikkei reported on Friday, four days after an earthquake killed 91 people and forced the evacuation of thousands in the Noto peninsula.

The tsunami threat from a powerful earthquake that struck central Japan on Monday has "largely passed", a US agency said, after waves over a metre high had earlier hit some areas.