Scientists have worked for years to build better systems to keep people safe from earthquakes and volcanoes. Will those ...
Most of us would rather not think about what our lives will be like in the aftermath of the Big One – a magnitude 9.0 rupture ...
It turns out, there's a ranking of the nation's spots that are most vulnerable to landslides. What's more, Oregon locales, ...
In recent times, a series of small earthquakes has shaken a remote area east of Alturas, near the Oregon border, prompting a reevaluation of earthquake readiness among residents. The most significant ...
A rare earthquake was reported near Marshville, North Carolina, about a 35-mile drive east from uptown Charlotte, according ...
Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...
TEWKSBURY - A minor earth tremor was reported in the township this morning not far from the epicenter of the 4.8 magnitude ...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Emma Pattee. Her debut novel, Tilt, is about a devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, and one pregnant woman's quest to get back home after it.
At the confluence of multiple tectonic plates, on the Pacific Ring of Fire, sits the West Coast of the United States, where the Cascade mountains in Oregon and Washington are dotted with active ...