The Cascadia Subduction Zone is unusually quiet for a megathrust fault. Spanning more than 600 miles from Canada to ...

An earthquake like the 2001 Nisqually quake will strike again, and it could be more damaging. What is certain is that we can make structures safer.

The quake was centered just a few hundred feet from the Lake Murray Dam, just south of Yacht Cove and Hollywood Point, according to officials.

Rainfall has been main headline today with rainfall totals nearing an inch in some of our northeastern counties in the CSRA.

Seattle is in earthquake country, and our most recent big reminder of that came 25 years ago this Saturday, when the Nisqually Earthquake shook the Puget Sound region. Seattle’s historic Pioneer ...

Understanding friction better could help scientists better understand how the Earth’s tectonic plates slide and grind during ...

The magnitude 3.0 earthquake, which struck before 6 a.m. Tuesday, is just about the smallest quake people can feel.

Some sounds can signal danger even before your eyes see it or your body feels it. Like the ominous ‘whumph’ before an ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

With some luck, specialized equipment, a supervolcano and a narrow hole 30 stories deep, researchers demonstrated that earthquakes shake up more than just rocks—they also boost microbe populations ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - February is Earthquake Preparedness Month in Missouri. With the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeast Missouri, it is especially important to prepare for an earthquake. The ...