Earthquakes are also not unknown. Winters holds its Earthquake Festival as a reminder each August, for example.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could the "big one" be about to hit? In New Zealand, Chile, parts of the US and other earthquake-prone regions, many fear that ...

(FOX40.COM) — Governor Gavin Newsom is responding to reduce federal aid after Californians received a false earthquake alert on Dec. 4, arguing that the state and the nation are less prepared for ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic activity, are a product of our planet’s geophysical forces and can have devastating effects on communities and ecosystems. Detecting such ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three stories following a Standard-Examiner editorial board interview with Ogden Fire Chief Mike Slater on a broad range of topics including recent ...

In Indonesia, particularly on the islands of Sumatra and Java, heavy rainfall triggered widespread flooding, forcing ...

If you felt the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that hit April 2, you’re not alone. If you don’t have earthquake insurance, you’re ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko visited Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture on April 6 to mark 15 years since ...

Earthquake in the Indian Ocean: An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, as reported by the ...

Fatma Özdoğan received funding from Mitacs Inc. through the Mitacs Globalink Research Award to support her research visit at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku ...