Simulations and research from the U.S. Geological Survey suggest that St. Louis faces a small, but real risk of a moderate to ...

The Biennial Grants are part of NHC’s $10 million annual investment in research and initiatives that help reduce natural hazard impacts. The next funding round, for university-led research projects of ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and depth, but also on local soil conditions, which contribute to the so-called ...

Pressure waves from the colossal 2022 Tonga eruption rippled through Alaska’s crust, offering scientists a rare look into the state’s deep subsurface. Atmospheric waves from a powerful volcanic erupti ...

Dozens of earthquakes struck near Japan on Monday following a cluster of seismic activity that rocked the area over the ...

Wednesday, Nov. 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day. Humboldt and Del Norte counties have experienced two tsunami warnings in ...

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A UCLA-led team of scientists has uncovered how the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March 2025 produced one of the longest and fastest-moving ruptures ever recorded on land ...

Today is 270 years since the destruction of Lisbon. The earthquake of All Saints day 1755 in Lisbon changed a nation and is still remembered across the continent. Hence a republication of our 2016 ...

Their study, published in Nature Communications, found that after millions of years of inactivity, stress can quietly build ...

Multiple earthquakes struck off the coast of Alaska Monday, according to a map from the United States Geological Survey ( ...

The Philippines rests on the volatile edges of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Here, the Earth’s restlessness is constant. Structural integrity is a matter of foresight, discipline, and respect for natural ...