Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during ...

As Utah’s “geological clock” continues to tick closer and closer to its next big earthquake, researchers at the University of ...

Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority, ...

The Gupsipakha settlement in Laprak-built after the 2015 earthquake to provide safe housing for displaced families-now stands ...

Tourists in Rhodes, Greece describe hotels shaking and scenes of panic as quake strikes just across the border near the Turkish resort town of Marmaris ...

When Patel and Uzayr reunited for the climb on May 20 this year, they were ready —despite lingering anxiety and fear — to ...

A 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook Western Washington on Tuesday, June 3, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 5.4-mile ...

An earthquake jolted with a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the island of Crete at 14:30 on Tuesday, June 3, ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, stretching from northern California to British Columbia, is one of the most dangerous seismic hotspots in North America, capable of producing a massive 9.0 magnitude ...

In short, the United States and the entire world are safer from earthquakes thanks to 20 years of testing life-sized buildings and other large structures at UC San Diego’s large, outdoor earthquake ...