How to Survive shares which earthquakes are truly survivable and ranks them by danger and impact. They explain what factors ...

PINOLE — A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit near Pinole at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck in Colombia on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

The tremors from the earthquake caused one of Colombia's gondola lift systems to be evacuated. TransMicable, located in the ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for ...

Portland Timbers midfielder David Ayala, right moves the ball past Sporting Kansas City midfielders Jake Davis (17) and Manu ...

Timbers beat St. Louis 2-1 Sunday on Ayala’s stoppage-time goal. Portland remains unbeaten in its last 8 home matches.

One minor and two micro quakes struck Myanmar early Sunday, with tremors felt near the Thai border, northwest of Mae Sai and ...

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