Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

Disasters at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima Daiichi have made many people scared of nuclear power. The company ...

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.

In the town of Khulm, near the epicenter, people dug through the rubble of collapsed mud brick homes with shovels and picked through debris to salvage what belongings they could.

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

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 ...

(KTLA) – Threats ranging from public health and natural disasters to financial harm are among the many factors Americans face when they consider moving to a different city. To determine where people ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Niko Tsakiris scored his first career MLS goal in the 77th minute, Josef Martínez also scored a goal and the San Jose Earthquakes beat Austin FC 2-1 on Saturday night in the ...

A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for communities across ...

Firefighters responded to a routine medical call early Saturday evening about a man who had fallen and couldn’t get up, then quickly determined the house in Butte had dangerously high levels of carbon ...