A moderately strong, 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake shook the Malibu area Sunday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 8:17 p.m. and was centered about 8 miles northeast of Westlake Village and 9 miles ...

A new analysis of earthquake rupture directivity provides essential insights for seismic hazard and risk assessments in urban areas, particularly concerning the Main Marmara Fault near Istanbul in ...

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Mountain fire, which burned in Santa Paula and Camarillo in November. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

The aim of disaster epidemiology is to ascertain strategies for the prevention of both acute and chronic health events due to the occurrence of natural or technological hazards. Primary prevention ...

One of the new changes in Butte County is if your home falls into a high or very high fire hazard zone, you must have an inspection with local authorities before you sell your home. According to the ...

A live map of the latest earthquakes in Orange County and active earthquake faults. The latest available quake and fault data is turned ON by default and the other metadata described below is OFF ...