For the millions of people living in earthquake-prone regions, from New Zealand to California, a few minutes of warning could ...

The quakes come a week after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit off the coast of California with shaking felt for miles.

The Pacific West Coast has the highest risk levels of tsunamis in the United States. Here’s where they have stuck in Northern ...

Interferograms are images created by radar satellites that show how the ground has changed shape, or deformed, over time.

Of arguably greater importance, by shrinking the distance between humans and machines railroads enabled monumental surges in ...

Scientists have a new method for studying faults that could improve earthquake forecasts, shedding light on where quakes start, how they spread, and where the biggest impacts might be.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled a large swath of Northern California likely increased spawning activity in fish to ...

Several buildings in Seattle’s Capitol Hill were evacuated Thursday after a backpack was found on the front steps of the East ...

The water in Devils Hole is typically still. The pool is sheltered from wind and is at the bottom of a collapsed cave. According to the National Park Service, the unusual waves disrupted the shallow ...

Earthquake data suggest that all or small patches of the inner core's surface may be swelling and contracting.

Efforts to modernize California's water infrastructure and safeguard public safety in the event of an earthquake are taking ...

Public comment period ends Monday for additions to the county’s emergency operations plan which outlines disaster recovery efforts. The county was shook by an earthquake just last week.