Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California's ...

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

The California Earthquake Authority has attacked investors as “opportunistic” for buying fire-linked claims from insurers.

The National Guard has been deployed to Los Angeles in the past in response to civil disorder and natural disasters.

This event in the Pacific Northwest could cause an unprecedented rise in sea levels that can displace land and water, sinking ...

Keeping the nation’s lights on is no small job. The grid we take for granted involves large, expensive equipment, most ...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Columbia on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GPZ said.