Earthquakes are among the deadliest of natural global threats to society, responsible for the majority of disaster-related deaths and financial losses in the past decades. According to a recent ...

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet ...

Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its fossil-rich basin has helped scientists piece together the story of human evolution.

SEATTLE — Washington appears to have escaped any major impacts from the tsunami that followed Tuesday's massive earthquake off Russia's eastern coast, though the aftershocks continue. Tsunami ...

An urgent Tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii following a major 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just east of Petropavlovsk, Russia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the ...

Cracks in the ground in outback Australia caused by a magnitude-5.5 earthquake could help researchers predict future seismic ...