Scientists say a warning system could have given people on the Alaska Peninsula 10 seconds or more to brace themselves for July's M7.3 earthquake.

Earthquakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people. Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, ...

PLUMAS COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck close to Johnsville ...

Aboard the Chikyu — the world’s largest scientific drilling ship — 60 scientists teamed up with experienced drillers to ...

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Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged ...

The encroaching ocean laps against a road in Karminah's village, threatening her home on Indonesia's Java island, where the ...