The quake struck an area close to the secretive military testing base in Nevada, which has long attracted conspiracies and ...

This is a breaking news story and will be updated. An earthquake jolted western Nevada on Monday afternoon, with the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at UNR reporting a magnitude estimate of 5.8 ...

A 3.5 earthquake occurred Monday near San Bernardino at 9:44 a.m., followed by a 3.0 quake four minutes later. Just before 10 ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Any day, anytime, anywhere in Nevada, there could be an earthquake. There are usually dozens every day though most are too small to feel. To better understand when a big ...

Mount Charleston, Nevada, is a mountain town 39 miles northwest of Las Vegas, and was hit with a snowstorm that left a reported 16 inches of snow.

The findings could impact how we understand the composition of the land we walk on, together with our understanding of volcanic activity and earthquake risk ...

The largest in its recorded history was a 7.3-magnitude in 1954. Between Dec. 5 and Jan. 3, UNR’s Nevada Seismological Laboratory recorded 560 earthquakes After Parker Butte, geologists and officials ...

The Earthquake Engineering Lab is home to our three biaxial shake tables as well as our 6-degree-of-freedom table. The building includes 29,000 square feet of laboratory, office and auditorium space.

Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...