Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, 1931. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered ...

The Northwest is itself overdue for a megaquake — one we are ready for on neither a personal nor political level.

Major ancient faults like that can remain as weak zones in the Earth’s crust and then focus ongoing tectonic strain,” noted ...

Just a few minutes after the first tsunami alerts went off on Wednesday morning in several coastal regions of Japan, two drones began flying over Ichinomiya beach, covering the 7.5 kilometers of ...

Hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian coast, becoming one of the strongest tremors ever ...