Researchers are deliberately setting off real (small) earthquakes to understand how to gauge the danger of a fault line ...

Sharif, a northern city known for its magnificent Blue Mosque. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.

Eastern and northeastern Afghanistan, especially regions along its borders with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan, are particularly prone to earthquakes.

Here is a look at why the war-shattered South Asian country experiences frequent tremors, and how their impact can be reduced ...

Stations which catch tsunami-creating earthquakes will be turning off about Mid-November following NOAA funding cuts, something Alaska’s State Seismologist Michael West is clueless to why they were ...

We are living in scary, dangerous times. As I write, a catastrophic hurricane is bearing down on Jamaica and an earthquake ...

When Pakistan resorts to airstrikes, propaganda, and deceit, India continues to engage Afghanistan through constructive, ...

First quakes are the most dangerous: Once a healed fault ruptures for the first time, it cannot generate another major ...

The hurricane weakened to a Category 3 after carving a path of destruction across Jamaica. Limited communications there have ...

While California hogs the spotlight when it comes to earthquake warnings, there's a sleeping giant in the heart of America ...

Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...