The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...

The SWOT satellite, supported by NASA, has uncovered previously unknown underwater peaks, offering a fresh perspective on ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

CalFire's Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, published Monday for Southern California, show fire hazard creeping farther into ...

Skamania, along with fellow Democratic Washington Congressional Reps. Suzan DelBene and Kim Schrier and Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse introduced the bipartisan National Landslide Preparedness ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

In a worst-case tsunami, parts of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley could be flooded up to an 18-foot elevation, California officials said in new study.

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along Monterey County's coastline, California officials said in new study.

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along California’s coastline, state officials ...

Members of the Maui County Council’s Water and Infrastructure Committee have recommended full Council passage of a bill to ...

More communities than previously thought could be impacted by a tsunami resulting from a large earthquake off the California ...