The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday acknowledged the possibility of future ...

Deepest earthquake ever detected struck 467 miles beneath Japan. If confirmed, the temblor would be a shock to geologists who thought rocks that deep inside Earth were too putty-like to break and ...

Scientists are keeping a close watch on the chances of a megathrust earthquake happening soon. These are the strongest types ...

A 300-meter-high tsunami crashing into the US coast might sound like science fiction—but scientists say it's a very real ...

Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside educators’ usual duties: can they herd the entire student body to higher ground ...

An earthquake on Father’s Day shook areas of the Fort Irwin National Training Center and Barstow in the Mojave Desert. The magnitude 3.2 quake struck at 12:21 p.m., 9 miles south of Fort Irwin ...

TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan's meteorological agency on Friday dismissed widespread rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as unscientific and a “hoax," urging people not to worry ...

Leading earthquake researchers and modellers have convened to tackle how to estimate the size of an impending earthquake.

However, often referred to as “the big one,” a future earthquake of 6.75 or greater magnitude is highly probable at the Wasatch Front in the next 50 years, according to Envision Utah. With about 80% ...

CALIENTE, Nevada (ABC4) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area of Caliente, Nevada around 1 a.m. Friday morning. It was a light earthquake 25 miles south southwest of Caliente according to reports, ...

The Big One: Is California 'overdue' for a devastating major earthquake? A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.