Earthquakes: History and measurement It has taken centuries to grasp the true causes of the planet's rumblings – and only in the 1930s did seismologists agree how to size them up Features
Killari: The quake that shook the world – According toearthquake hazard maps, Killari and its neighbours along the Tirna riverinCentral India should still be thriving villages rather than scenes ofdevastation. What went wrong?Features
Waiting for the Big One: California's latest earthquake had a hidden and unexpected source. If it's a harbinger of worse to come, seismologists could be looking for the next one in the wrong place tooFeatures
Move over, San Andreas: Evidence from California's biggest quake in 40 years has fuelled a controversial theory that the continental margin is being recarved . . . 400 kilometres inlandFeatures
And the walls came tumbling down: Old Testament writings ofdoom and destruction are now providing researchers with a record ofearthquakes spanning 4000 yearsFeatures