Thursday’s 3.1 magnitude earthquake was the latest of five notable aftershocks to hit Berkeley since a 4.3 magnitude ...

Nearly three days after a massive blast at a Tennessee facility that specialized in making military explosives, investigators ...

Structural integrity is an important part of resilience, but not the only one. Buildings can resist ground shaking with no ...

SOLANO COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was registered close to Vallejo Sunday evening, according to the U.S.

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - Sunday morning, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake was detected close to Temelec, according to the U.S.

The Philippine Trench is known to cause strong earthquakes with magnitudes above 7.0 along the country's eastern coast, even capable of generating two or more earthquakes within a short period of time ...

Lasting only a minute, it shook Pioneer Square with vigor and rattled office and convention centers from Seattle to Olympia ...

A major earthquake hasn’t struck any of California’s biggest cities in more than three decades, but the “Big One” is a matter ...

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for ...

A retired scientist with the USGS worries about the impact the government shutdown is having on the agency's earthquake ...

In the Bay Area, BART plans to automatically slow down its trains and have them come to a brief stop, as the system is ...

A new laboratory earthquake model connects real contact area with earthquake dynamics, paving the way for improved prediction and early warning systems. Scientists have created a new laboratory model ...