--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Earthquake ## Earthquake Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  Sep 20, 2017 ## [225 Killed As Earthquake Rocks Mexico City](https://time.com/4949381/mexico-city-earthquake-survivor/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ioan Grillo *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  Aug 25, 2016 ## [Rescuers Search for Survivors](https://time.com/4465612/italy-earthquake-amatrice-death-toll-247-rescue/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Aug 24, 2016 ## [See the Aftermath of the Earthquake in Italy](https://time.com/4464457/italy-earthquake-photos/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Marisa Gertz *  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 *  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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/earthquake/","name":"Earthquake"}}]}] ```