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

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

Earthquakes can be deadly and disastrous. But what we feel may constitute a tiny sliver of an earthquake’s destructive energy, according to a new experiment. In a recent AGU Advances paper, ...

Most of Earth's seismic activity comes and goes without most people even realizing it. However, certain events are so forceful that their effects can be felt from thousands of miles away. You can even ...

Consider past events: after the 7.2-magnitude Bohol earthquake in 2013, nearly a hundred new sinkholes appeared across nine municipalities. In Negros Oriental, four sinkholes emerged the day after a ...

A minor 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Morongo Valley on Saturday afternoon, and brief shaking was observed nearby in the northwestern Coachella Valley. The earthquake was reported at 1:08 p.m.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland State University researchers simulated an earthquake on Friday, testing the effectiveness of a potentially revolutionary soil treatment. Researchers used a mobile field ...