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

An extremely powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kamchatka Krai, Russia early Wednesday, leading to tsunami waves that reached parts of Japan, Hawaii and the United States’ West Coast. The quake ...

Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to ...

As the world's tectonic plates crash, grind and dive into one another, they release their pent-up energy in giant earthquakes that can rock the ground, trigger volcanic eruptions, move mountains and ...

The disaster killed 15,900 people, with 2,520 people still listed as missing as of the end of February, according to the ...

Tsunami alerts have ended for Southern California. Parts of Northern California remain under tsunami advisory downgraded from *** tsunami warning that was in effect even just *** few hours ago. As you ...