This year’s 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake has brought to my mind the two devastating quakes that struck ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

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As the US face historic cuts to the social safety net, local economic alternatives can meet basic needs and provide opportunities to organize.

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Rumors of a 'disaster day' stemming from a manga and amplified by the internet passed without the catastrophe people had been ...

Designers in Utah are rethinking what's in and out discover which interior pieces are losing appeal and what thoughtful swaps ...

Wikimedia Commons/Mare Island Navy Yard The 1944 Port Chicago Explosion The Navy built Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1942 to ...

The primary goal of the tests is to determine if height limits for cold-formed steel-framed buildings can be increased.

Officials are tracking the largest swarm of earthquakes in more than 15 years on Washington’s Mount Rainier but say there is no indication that the cluster of quakes is cause ...

EXTENSION: Research how the federal government responded to the April 1906 San Francisco earthquake and detail what precedents this set for future government responses to natural disasters.

Catastrophic floods often bring with them loss of power, cuts to key emergency communications and sudden hazardous situations ...