The city’s seismologist turned climate disaster expert wants better building codes but isn’t waiting around for them.

The magnitude-7.7 earthquake that hit Myanmar on 28 March has killed at least 2,700 people, with the final death toll ...

Although Sri Lanka is not typically considered a high-seismic zone, the mushrooming skyscrapers in Colombo are safe from any ...

“The magnitude 7.7 earthquake appears to have ruptured a 200km section of the Sagaing Fault, a major North-South fault that separates the India plate and the Sunda Plate,” said seismologist Brian ...

ew technologies are helping detect earthquakes and minimise destruction, but predicting a specific tremor remains a challenge ...

Yann Klinger is a seismologist at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris. He describes the geophysical activity in the ...

A phenomenon called liquefaction, which causes the ground to slump like quicksand, led to significant damage after the Myanmar earthquake. The risk of aftershock remains high.

Seismologist Dr. Ferial Burbaie said the earthquake, which struck the eastern part of Saudi Arabia -- 250 kilometers from ...

The earthquake hit on Sunday at 1:03 p.m. It was followed by a magnitude 2.5 earthquake a minute later, and magnitude 3 and magnitude 2.8 aftershocks at 1:07 p.m.

Clothing racks and surfboards inside Malibu's Drill Surf & Skate shop rattled during Sunday afternoon's magnitude 4.1 earthquake. "It was definitely a pretty good jolt," owner Craig Clunies-Ross said.

Southern California experienced 15 seismic sequences with at least one magnitude 4 or higher earthquake — the highest total ...