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# Earthquake

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## Earthquake


* ![earthquake-san-francisco-october-5](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89368f7321587755/698a03deb21a9c52e550277a/earthquake-san-francisco-october-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2019  
## [Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Awakens Bay Area Californians](https://time.com/5693570/earthquake-san-francisco-october-5/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Madeleine Carlisle
* ![Southern California Hit By Second Big Earthquake In Two Days](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba9d11e87799066e/6989ff97096a94e3d16a69de/earthquake-ridgecrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 6, 2019  
## [Watch: California Hit by 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake](https://time.com/5621468/earthquake-california-watch/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tara Law
* ![A quaking planet means wobbly pictures](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7fc5cec94732d42d/698946dc86f68eb4c16eb875/astrophotography-seismograph-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 18, 2019  
## [A Strong Earthquake Turned a High-Powered Telescope Into a Seismograph](https://time.com/5553799/earthquake-telescope-seismograph/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![INDONESIA-QUAKE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfcb2630549c533c2/69893c7f4ee26208f431318b/gettyimages-1051875906.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2018  
## [Amid the Ruins of Sulawesi, Earthquake Survivors Take Stock](https://time.com/5422959/indonesia-sulawesi-earthquake-tsunami-survivors-aftermath/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5ebb9550a7867ff/6988e1cb0a4a2267e89d04ec/rtx3ern6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 13, 2017  
## [North Korea May Have Damaged Nuclear Testing Site](https://time.com/4981037/north-korea-damaged-nuclear-test-site/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters  
* ![San Francisco Earthquake](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb2d16d7ab90ae6a/6988dea622fb853ef5e22eed/earthquake-us.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 21, 2017  
## [Is the U.S. Overdue for a Catastrophic Earthquake? These Cities Are Most at Risk](https://time.com/4949931/will-a-catastrophic-earthquake-strike-the-u-s/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![Earthquake Strikes Mexico City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf22d52d953a27413/6988de830a4a22aaaa9cff96/mexico-city-earthquake-damage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 20, 2017  
## [225 Killed As Earthquake Rocks Mexico City](https://time.com/4949381/mexico-city-earthquake-survivor/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ioan Grillo
* ![7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits New Zealand](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7214942f47922b1d/6988ae52f887dca50fe9834a/gettyimages-623040372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
## [This New Zealand Radio Presenter Stayed on Air During an Earthquake](https://time.com/4569511/new-zealand-radio-earthquake/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Suyin Haynes
* ![7.5 Magnitude Earthquake Hits New Zealand](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c70be35b2db36b6/6988ae55656a3ff705bcdd7b/gettyimages-623010992.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
## [Second Powerful Quake Hits New Zealand](https://time.com/4569301/second-earthquake-new-zealand-kaikoura-wellington/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kevin Lui
* ![Rescue teams carry a man to safety after a 6.2 earthquake hit the town of Amatrice, in the Lazio region of Italy, on Aug. 24, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb5f75a86bf3480/6988a3b1524fc09b68df9475/italy-earthquake-giuseppe-carotenuto-1725.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2016  
## [Shock and Silence in the Rubble of Amatrice](https://time.com/4466063/giuseppe-carotenuto-amatrice-italy-quake/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz  
* ![Hundreds Dead In Italian Earthquake As Teams Search For Survivors](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e5376f549ef9567/6988a3a15f570f4677b224d8/italy-earthquake-young-girl-rescued-pulled-rubble.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2016  
## [Italy Earthquake: 10-Year-Old Girl Rescued From Rubble](https://time.com/4465960/italy-earthquake-young-girl-rescued/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![Italy Quake](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb75ab31d1a34ece/6988a397a988ca05956b9301/ap_16238245625081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 25, 2016  
## [Rescuers Search for Survivors](https://time.com/4465612/italy-earthquake-amatrice-death-toll-247-rescue/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Residents look on as they stand on the rubble of collapsed buildings in Amatrice, central Italy, Aug. 24, 2016](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c5183b84f7426af/6988a37f2dce018c409ea680/italy-earthquake-04.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2016  
## [See the Aftermath of the Earthquake in Italy](https://time.com/4464457/italy-earthquake-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Marisa Gertz
* ![A man is rescued alive from the ruins following an earthquake in Amatrice](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdca1e108d1465525/6988a37ecd1bba8577702122/italy-earthquake-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2016  
## [Why Italy Is So Prone to Earthquakes](https://time.com/4464118/italy-earthquake-seismologist-explains-why-common/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kate Samuelson
* ![An overhead view of Amatrice after a powerful earthquake in central Italy on Aug. 24, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9b8932283da31ed/6988a37497cdff7ace6ad8d2/amatrice-italy-town-earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2016  
## [Central Italian Town 'Isn't Here Anymore' After Earthquake](https://time.com/4464159/amatrice-central-italy-earthquake/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Andrew Katz

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