Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on ...

A 300-meter-high tsunami crashing into the US coast might sound like science fiction—but scientists say it's a very real ...

Geoscientists have published a large review paper in the journal Science that highlights the capacity of current models to ...

Landslides, earthquakes, and subduction faults could generate 1,000-foot mega-tsunamis, wiping coastal communities off the map.

Nearly half of California's faults are overdue for a quake. What does that mean for LA? Find out what the experts are saying today.

The UC San Diego shake table, located on an industrial lot off Pomerado Road, is the only outdoor facility of its kind in the ...

Santa Rosa City Schools campuses are being transformed this summer, but two campuses must undergo required earthquake studies ...

Colorado has the potential for much larger earthquakes than a 2.9 quake in Dacono on June 13. Here's what to know and when the last earthquake was.

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan P. Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles and Lucy Arendt, St ...

In the U.S., this preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop earthquake hazard models and contribute to the creation of building ...