A complex mixture of human and geological factors mean that this stunningly beautiful peninsula of seaside Southern ...

A prominent myth about earthquakes in California is the idea that a big enough rattle could cause the Golden State to fall ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Vancouver Island on Thursday.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), ...

Japanese authorities say that a strong earthquake that struck the country's southwest Japan has left nine people with minor ...

Earthquakes and landslides are famously difficult to predict and prepare for. By studying a miniature version of the ground in the lab, scientists have demonstrated how these events can be triggered ...

A political earthquake: A cutthroat ... and pulled the country sharply to the right. Landslide is the story of the closest presidential primary race in American history, what followed, and ...

Most of the victims were killed outdoors by falling rocks or landslides. The earthquake was the strongest to hit the island since one in 1999 that killed 2,400 people. Survivors have described ...

HUALIEN, Taiwan, April 5 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Taiwan faced the threat of further landslides and rockfalls in Friday's search for a dozen people still missing from this week's earthquake ...

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 1-mile deep ...

While surveying the local landscape following the April 3 earthquake, the Hualien branch office of the Forestry and Nature ...