Markleeville is the seat of Alpine County, California’s least-populous county, where around 1,200 residents are scattered ...

A small California coastal city near the border with Oregon that has recorded dozens of tsunamis, including one that killed ...

From redwood-rimmed black sand beaches to romantic, Mediterranean-esque villages, these are the most relaxing beach towns in ...

Officials are warning people to stay away from beaches and waterways in a small California city near the border with Oregon that has recorded dozens of tsunamis, including one that turned deadly more ...

The incredibly strong earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia – which caused a tsunami alert to be issued for ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after an ...

The nearby Salton Sea presents one of California’s most unusual and complex environments – a massive inland saline lake created by an engineering accident in the early 1900s. Despite environmental ...

A wave of 4ft (1.2m) has hit Hawaii, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. Some 12 minutes were recorded in between the waves. Josh Green, governor of Hawaii, said the island state was yet ...

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest anywhere in the world since the March 2011 earthquake off northeast Japan that ...