A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck off the Oregon coast Thursday at 4:58 p.m. The temblor happened in the Pacific Ocean, about ...

Scientists have worked for years to build better systems to keep people safe from earthquakes and volcanoes. Will those ...

In my novel, Tilt, the earthquake strikes in the late morning, on a weekday. My protagonist, Annie, 37 weeks pregnant, is ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reported a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The quake hit at 1:15 p.m. The ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, sits the West Coast of the United States, where the Cascade mountains in Oregon and Washington are dotted with active ...