Professor Atalay Ayele is the Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Space Science and Astronomy at Addis Ababa University.

The northward compression from the Indian Ocean plate is the result of the Indian plate's collision with the Eurasian plate.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Ethiopia, east of the capital Addis Ababa, early on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was shallow, at a depth ...

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, felt as a quick jolt. No injuries or major damages reported.

In the last 75 years, more than 20 earthquakes above 6.0 magnitude have hit the Lhasa block, where lay the epicentre of this week’s quake in southern Tibet. Tuesday’s quake was caused by a northward ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a ...

Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs In response to an inquiry related to whether China's neighboring countries like Nepal ...