Earthquake preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop ...

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

Learn what you should do if you live near an active volcano and how to stay safe before and after an eruption.

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

Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with ...

See where your home falls in California's new fire hazard zones, the first update to the state's maps in 14 years.

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

California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire with the release of its final ...

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 ...

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.