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.

An earthquake rattled homes and sent people scurrying outside when it struck the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd. The quake’s epicentre was 1.5 miles away from the UK’s biggest ever recorded earthquake four ...

Japan is highly vulnerable to natural disasters because of its climate and topography and is known for its meticulous ...

Tornadoes are officially the scariest natural disaster, according to new research. A survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly by U.S. region found that regardless of where they live, the threat of a ...

New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have rebuilt. But the questions Katrina raised in 2005 on climate, government and race persist ...

If the volcano erupts, it is projected that ash will begin falling in Tokyo around one to two hours after the initial eruption, with between 2 and 10 centimetres projected to accumulate. When the ...

More than seven million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease—and more than 75,000 of them are Oklahomans. Sometimes the disease can be hardest on the caregivers, who, many times, ...

How is the extension of PM SVANidhi for street vendors relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as brown dwarfs, cloudbursts, and the H-1B visa program for both the ...