The United States and Japan concluded a weeklong disaster-response exercise that simulated a magnitude 7 earthquake, the ...

The goal is to determine whether it’s safe to build taller structures using cold-formed steel — a strong, lightweight, ...

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...

A controlled fire test was conducted Thursday on the 9th floor of a 10-story building at the UC San Diego Large High Performance Outdoor Shake Table to study the impact of earthquake damage on ...

Rebuilding Terminal 1 in a seismic zone? Here’s how San Diego International Airport tackled earthquake risks head-on.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, given its location within the Pacific Ring of Fire, a ...

A small earthquake centered north of Eureka Way shook the Redding and Anderson area Friday morning.

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. Here's what to know about ...

The city of San Jose is delaying its earthquake retrofit plans after FEMA canceled its $33 million grant for California.