Earthquakes are one of the most devastating natural hazards, impacting millions of people every year, as well as damaging and destroying critical infrastructure. In contrast with other hazards, their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An earthquake monitoring program in Alaska, the source of the most potentially dangerous tsunamis that could hit California, is ...

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SEATTLE — Cuts at the federal level could impact how effective earthquakes are monitored in the Pacific Northwest, a Washington state seismologist warned Friday. This week, hundreds of workers within ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan, on Sunday, with no tsunami warning issued.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two earthquakes were reported in Ohio Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first earthquake was reported ...

A new study has investigated the use of a new monitoring technique for early warning of a volcanic eruption. The research team compared the earthquake signals during two eruptions of Ontake Volcano in ...

The Mediterranean region is experiencing significant seismic activity, signaling that a powerful earthquake could be on the ...

A line graph from the Alaska Earthquake Center shows the number of earthquakes over time in the Western Aleutians on Sunday, starting with a magnitude 6.3 event in a swarm that triggered nearly 100 ...

Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes ...