A 5.9 magnitude quake hit Papua New Guinea’s New Britain region on Friday at a depth of 58 km, according to the ...

An investigation by police and other officials found design and structural flaws were behind the building's collapse and that ...

According to the NESEC, the largest earthquake centered in New York state happened on September 5, 1944. The magnitude 5.9 ...

Scientists in Russia have revealed the geological impact of an earthquake that struck Russia's far east and prompted tsunami ...

Oregonians on the coast who signed up for the state’s emergency notification system, OR-Alert, got a text to stay away from ...

The giant Columbia River reservoir behind the Grand Coulee Dam covers almost 125 square miles, as it reaches nearly to the ...

The quakes struck near Rialto, Ontario and Lytle Creek in San Bernardino County, producing weak to light shaking, according ...

But it's going to take a lot of money — probably more than $1 billion — to make Seattle's aging brick buildings strong enough ...

A massive landslide triggered a deadly tsunami in Chile, in 2007. This became a turning point in tsunami science and risk ...

Multnomah County is $10 million closer to funding downtown Portland’s only earthquake-proof bridge over the Willamette River.

An area near Petersville, Alaska, was hit with a 4.6 earthquake on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...