A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, became a widespread catastrophe due to the ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Laguerre said he hopes to work in earthquake mitigation and education to protect vulnerable communities from future disasters. At Rice, Laguerre found a mentor in Reginald DesRoches, an ...

Unlike gradual climate-driven sea level rise, this earthquake-driven sea level rise will happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation, the study said. Flood risk could then ...

Children run and play in the sandy areas of Lomo de Corvina, while adults walk hurriedly to fulfill their daily duties.

Unlike gradual climate-driven events, this potential earthquake would “happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation,” the scientists warned. “The expansion of the ...

BERKELEY — Earthquakes, flooding, wildfires and extreme heat are among the list of about a dozen hazards Berkeley is preparing for in its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The five-year ...

JAKARTA, June 17 (Bernama) -- The devastation of January 16, 2021, still lingers in West Sulawesi, when a 6.2-magnitude ...

A 2,500-year earthquake event could lead to economic losses of more than $24 billion, according to the 2024 New Jersey State Hazard Mitigation Plan. Hazard levels are highest in Bergen ...

Michael Lamphere, East Regional Planner for TEMA, led the meeting, which focused on updating the county’s hazard mitigation ...