The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Melissa poses a threat of catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in ...

Earthquakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people. Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, ...

SAN BENITO COUNTY, CA - on Friday around midday, a preliminary 2.9 magnitude quake was detected close to New Idria, according ...

Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...

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One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and ...

On today's date in 1707, a catastrophic 8.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. This quake may have played a role in the last ...

New research offers the theory that the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating back-to-back earthquake disasters.

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests – Nation and ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday with the first 7.4 magnitude temblor killing at least seven people ...

Fear has gripped people about the likelihood of a ‘big one’ quake days after a series of earthquakes rocked the nation, even ...