A strong, 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:44 a.m. Japan time about 71 miles northeast ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles ...

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A magnitude 4.0 quake and at least two aftershocks shook the Bay Area on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was initially listed as magnitude 4.3 but was quickly ...

Natural Hazards: Local, National, Global. Edited by Gilbert F. White — In 1967 a group of geographers in the US and Canada initiated a study of the human and social responses to natural hazards in ...

Around 90 small earthquakes have struck near San Ramon in the East Bay this month. It’s at least the sixth time a series of tiny quakes has lit up that area since 1970, including the most recent swarm ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported at 9:54 a.m. Tuesday less than a mile from Paso Robles, according to the U ...

A strong earthquake and several subsequent tremors rattled northern Japan on Sunday evening, triggering tsunami advisories along the coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The earthquake ...

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday off Yamada, Japan, the USGS said. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a tsunami advisory for parts of the country’s eastern coastline on Sunday after ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Afghanistan after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the country early Monday, the ruling ...