On a FEMA color-coded hazard map, Alameda, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are shaded dark red, indicating an area with ...

Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

San Francisco has released new data that shows 24 city-owned buildings are at risk of collapsing from an earthquake. Even more are prone to serious damage according to ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

Built in the heart of Cal’s campus in the Berkeley Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay — an area prone to seismic activity — ...

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

Geoscientists have published a large review paper in the journal Science that highlights the capacity of current models to ...

Major earthquakes, geological hazards, extreme meteorological events ... To gather further insights into the prevention, mitigation, and relief of compound and chained natural hazards, we welcome ...

After the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, several studies quantitatively investigated the effects of coastal vegetation on tsunami mitigation, but the effects of a limited forest with a small aspect ...

Over its 150 years of existence, the IMD has been vital for disaster preparedness. But how far has it been successful in ...

Helene was a powerful reminder that natural hazards don’t disappear when the skies clear – they evolve.