A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami.

Japan issued a “megaquake advisory” following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off its coast. That raised the risk of a larger ...

There was, however, something very strange about this seafloor,” Lamb and de Ronde write. “And it has taken our study of ...

Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth ...

The final threat of earthquakes in the Northwest comes from volcanic activity. The moving magma beneath the earth’s surface ...

JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, ranked among top 35 countries for natural disaster risk, is actively preparing for potential megathrust earthquakes that could trigger devastating tsunamis.

A new algorithm used to analyze sediment layers of the seafloor is helping scientists pinpoint the timing of past Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes to determine when the next big one will come.

Indonesia continues to strengthen its early warning system due to its high vulnerability to earthquakes. In a webinar ...

JAKARTA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, one of the countries in the world that bears constant risks of earthquakes and tsunamis, has been pushing efforts to strengthen its early warning system to ...

The event comes after two shakers over the past three weeks were enough to rattle some china and wake people and pets from their slumbers on the South Island ...

The advisory, which is officially called “megathrust earthquake attention,” targeted 707 municipalities from Okinawa Prefecture to Ibaraki Prefecture, calling for a check on usual preparedness.