On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank ...

Most people know that Yellowstone is a mostly quiet supervolcano, but recently, scientists have become aware of a lot more ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck New Zealand ’s lower North Island Wednesday, with a jolt rated as moderate by the country's geological sciences agency. The quake was centered 20 km (12 miles) south ...

After one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history grunted and shifted off the coast of Russia, geologists sent ...

Government earthquake alert systems are now being supplemented around the world with Google accelerometer data on smartphones ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East in late July, triggering tsunami ...

A new study shows Alaska could get up to two minutes of warning before major earthquakes, giving residents precious time to prepare.

Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency swiftly issued 'no tsunami threat' advisory after 6.5-magnitude Papua earthquake.

A tiny mountain town in North Carolina has seen three earthquakes over four days, and it appears to be part of a trend in ...

You may have felt the ground rumble in Summerville about a month ago.An 2.2 magnitude earthquake rattled the area about one ...

After one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history grunted and shifted off the coast of Russia, geologists sent tsunami and aftershock warnings as far away as Hawaii and the ...

What's clear from the study is that while California's next "Big One" may share some characteristics of previously documented ...