HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaii (Island News) -- A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Ocean View on Hawaii Island; no tsunami warnings ...

When comparing the original laser signal with the light that exits the fiber optic cable, researchers can determine the strength of the seismic wave by checking how much the beam was distorted. Data ...

Discover the science behind Hawaii's gradual shift towards Japan, why it's happening, and how fast these changes are taking ...

The National Flood Insurance Program allows homeowners, businesses and renters to buy government-backed flood insurance. The ...

Kilauea is in a unique phase of activity in Halema‘uma‘u, with 12 episodes of dual lava fountains since Dec. 23, 2024.

Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō ...

The topics of focus for the fourth day of severe weather preparedness week is damaging straight line winds and large hail, hazards that often accompany severe thunderstorms. A thunderstorm is ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck the Myanmar-India border region on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

Cal Fire’s Fire Hazard Severity maps for local jurisdictions, issued in 2011, are being updated, with Bay Area maps released Monday. While the old maps showed only areas deemed “very high ...

The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...

The new maps add ... s available for earthquake retrofitting. The updated maps incorporate climate data and modeling and include “moderate,” “high“ and “very high“ hazard designations ...