As built-up areas encroach on natural ones, we need new strategies for dealing with the impact of wildfires on buildings and ...

A 1.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Bedminster last week, continuing a recent uptick in seismic activity in North Jersey that ...

In September 2023, scientists around the world noticed something odd. Every 90 seconds, the Earth shook slightly—but this ...

Idaho is ranked fifth in the nation for earthquake risk according to the Idaho Geological Survey, so it is not uncommon for ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at risk.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Dali, Yunnan province, China. Occurring at a depth of 10 km, this event adds to 118 significant quakes in the area over five years. The strongest past quake was 6.4 ...

The PNW may be hit with a major earthquake in the next 50 years. There is no telling when, but a social media earthquake ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation ...

At 4.1 magnitude near Greenback, the May 10 quake was large for our area. Experts look back on the last earthquakes to ...

Earthquakes in East Tennessee often occur so far underground (as far as 20 miles deep in recent cases) that it's extremely difficult to study the fault system and determine patterns. Some of the ...

These sequences provide valuable information about underlying geological processes that might otherwise remain undetected, according to researchers who study earthquake patterns in historically ...