The known sequence of Maunaloa’s 1868 events began with an eruptive phase beginning at about dawn March 27 at the summit, lasting a couple of hours. Seismicity escalated thereafter, with Kaʻū ...

At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, sits the West Coast of the United States, where ...

In early December 1990, the town of New Madrid found itself at the center of international attention, not because of an ...

Ray Isle explores the distinctive character of some of California’s best wines at stops along a destructive fault line.

The earthquake was centered in Petrolia at a depth of 2.2 kilometers (about one mile). The USGS said it received five reports ...

Haiti has endured the devastation of two catastrophic earthquakes -- first in 2010 and again in 2021. Each disaster left behind widespread destruction: buildings reduced to rubble, entire communities ...

Santorini’s biggest problem in recent years has been overtourism. Now, after a swarm of earthquakes earlier this year, the ...

Odds are that you’ve never heard of Jeannette Rankin. She may be a footnote to American history, but one worthy of a statue ...

The Sonoma Valley Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously to approve the upgrades to Altimira Middle ...

Our guide on how to prepare for a tsunami alert as this year's Tsunami Preparedness Week approaches on March 22–30.

A preliminary 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Dublin on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The March 26 tsunami drill will be at 11 a.m. and is for Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino counties. The drill urges ...