A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, blowing an ash column into the sky a day after it spewed fireballs on nearby villages that killed nine people.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-meter (5,587-feet) twin volcano located on...
Materials scientists can now use insight from a very common mineral and well-established earthquake and avalanche statistics to quantify how hostile environmental interactions may impact the degradation and failure of materials used for advanced solar panels,...
The ground beneath Southern California has been particularly unsteady as of late, with the region experiencing more moderate-sized earthquakes this year than it has...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, government seismic monitor GeoNet said on Sunday, but initial reports indicated there...
Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative:...
The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great...
A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, with strong shaking felt across the area, according to seismologists. There was...
The public could have days or months of warning about a major earthquake through identification of prior low-level tectonic unrest over large areas, according...
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck the eastern coast of Russia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
According to the USGS, the epicenter was...
Most Californians know that sinking feeling.
The ground shakes, jolting you to attention. For a split second, your mind considers the possibilities: A truck driving...
Japan's earthquake scientists say the country should prepare for a possible "megaquake" one day that could kill hundreds of thousands of people—although they stress...
A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s southern coast on Thursday, triggering a tsunami advisory, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no...