Much of the important preparation for natural disasters is psychological. Every time there’s an earthquake or a natural ...

While earthquakes have caused disasters since early California, destruction from wildfires is a modern phenomenon ...

Every hour, earthquakes take place somewhere on Earth as tectonic plates gradually move. This movement causes stress to build ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

The state of Maine was hit by a rare 3.8 magnitude earthquake Monday morning, a tremor that could be felt across the New ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ...

The Parker Butte earthquake, as it has been renamed, occurred about 7 kilometers deep along the Wabuska Lineament between ...

If you live in a part of the world prone to wildfires, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, or earthquakes, there are ways you can make sure you’re financially prepared for disaster, beyond insurance.

The city had adopted a few rudimentary building codes, though none addressing earthquakes. At 5:12 a.m. on April 6, 300 miles of the San Andreas fault ripped apart, causing a magnitude 7.9 earthquake.

smaller earthquakes do occur occasionally. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) shared on Facebook that even in New England, people should prepare for earthquakes. The agency has ...

Negligence played a role in the deaths of 78 people who perished when a huge fire gutted a luxury ski resort hotel in ...