Taiwan President Lai Ching-te oversaw on Thursday the first civil defence drills under his newly created social resilience ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur. The area is particularly vulnerable to ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings ...

Taiwan lies along the Pacific ''Ring of Fire,'' the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur.

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.

China’s military has set up a zone for “live-fire training” about 46 miles (74 kilometers) off the southwestern coast of Taiwan without advance notice, the island’s defense ministry said ...

Taiwan sits on active fault lines and is frequently struck by earthquakes and hit by typhoons. However, it has well-honed disaster plans, which means casualties are generally low, though a 7.3 ...