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The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed.

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.

In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout of geological bumper cars that over time has sculpted the soaring Himalayan mountains.

A man works his way through the rubble of buildings in Marrakesh, Morocco, after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Sept. 8, 2023. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty...

Afghanistan is seeking emergency medical aid after the earthquake that devastated the country earlier this week left thousands injured.

The death toll is expected to increase.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said.

Rescue efforts are underway across Myanmar after a devastating earthquake Friday. Teams and equipment have been flown in from other nations, though the quake damaged airports in Myanmar's major cities.

Here's the science behind the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday (March 28).

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A single crystal shows 30 million years of geological history of the Himalayas by tracing its thorium concentration and age.

In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout of geological bumper cars that...

Scientists have puzzled over the origins of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean for years. Now, researchers think the sunken floor of an extinct ocean could...

Stone buildings in northern India reveal secrets of old structures that could save lives.

Famed seismologist Lucy Jones explains how building methods and quake dynamics interact—and what to do about the problem

GAYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor...

Footage from Paktika province near the Pakistan border showed victims being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area.

The 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami is December 26, 2024. The event was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. The post The Boxing Day tsunami 20-year anniversary first appeared on EarthSky.

The world's highest mountain system may have reached 60% of its current elevation before the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates crashed into each other, giving the peaks an extra push.

Gravity — that invisible force that draws objects to the center of the Earth — is not uniform across the planet, data shows.