Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related deaths and financial losses in the past decades. According to a recent ...

Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth's surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum -- ...

SEATTLE — Washington appears to have escaped any major impacts from the tsunami that followed Tuesday's massive earthquake off Russia's eastern coast, though the aftershocks continue. Tsunami ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

An urgent Tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii following a major 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just east of Petropavlovsk, Russia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the ...

A magnitude 4.4 quake, among the strongest recorded in recent years in the Phlegraean Fields, has once again shaken the ...