On Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed hours later by a second violent quake, devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria. More than 55,000 people were killed, and thousands of homes ...

Researchers report that their physics-based model of California earthquake hazards replicated estimates from the state's leading statistical model. Earthquakes pose a profound danger to people and ...

Weston Observatory conducts multidisciplinary research into seismic hazards, seismic risk, seismotectonics, seismic wave propagation, regional geology, geotechnical engineering, and paleobiology.

Pegging the steep slopes of Montara Mountain and the Santa Cruz Mountains as areas where earthquake-induced landslides could occur, new Seismic Hazard Zone maps released by the California Department ...

Keywords: Earthquake mitigation. Earthquake mitigation policies. Earthquake losses. Abstract: This stage one report is the result of a project on overcoming obstacles to implementing earthquake hazard ...

The massive 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano on Hawai'i Island lasted for months, destroyed neighborhoods, and was associated ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — Earthquakes can’t be ...

Two of the most destructive forces of nature - earthquakes and tsunamis - might actually be more of a threat than current estimates according to new research. Two of the most destructive forces of ...

BERKELEY — Earthquakes, flooding, wildfires and extreme heat are among the list of about a dozen hazards Berkeley is preparing for in its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The five-year document, ...

The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) applauds the introduction today of legislation led by members of California's congressional delegation, which would exclude from federal taxation ...

Multiple earthquakes struck off the coast of Alaska Monday, according to a map from the United States Geological Survey ( ...