More than a decade after the collapse of Rana Plaza, a spate of recent tragedies and near-tragedies raises the question of ...

On Monday morning, around 30 minor earthquakes erupted in a swarm near the Geysers geothermal field south of Clear Lake. The day before, seven quakes rattled Sonoma County, including a 4.0 quake. The ...

As Egypt hosts the first “Arab Regional Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness,” from 17 to 18 December, the region stands at a defining moment.

New scientific work has just unveiled a geological episode as spectacular as it is forgotten: a tsunami of exceptional magnitude that struck the Caribbean in the late 14th century. The ...

California's seismic risk is increasing with supershear earthquakes, which are faster and more destructive than typical ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Türkiye experienced its largest earthquake in ...

Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s northeast. The quake occurred off the east coast of Aomori prefecture, in the north of Honshu, the main ...

All six people injured in a gas line explosion and fire that leveled at least one home near Hayward on Thursday are expected ...

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn.

In April 2025, the Main Marmara Fault below the Sea of Marmara in north-western Türkiye has experienced its largest earthquake in over 60 years. In a new study now published in Science, a team of ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office invites community members to take part in a short, confidential survey to help inform ...