Residents of the US’s West Coast have long feared “The Big One” – the apparently inevitable massive earthquake that will one day hit where the Pacific tectonic plate meets its North American neighbor.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck Papua province in Indonesia on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

OSU researchers find Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas Fault may be synchronized — with the potential for quakes on ...

The Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency is inviting residents across the USVI to join millions worldwide ...

The world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut, is happening this Thursday. The annual event provides an ...

The relationship between the sites means an earthquake in one zone can trigger an earthquake in the other in a phenomenon ...

Earthquakes often bring to mind images of destruction, of the Earth breaking open and altering landscapes. But after an ...

Critics call Tepco’s US$654 million offer to residents living near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant a cynical attempt to buy ...

Guam will soon take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut. On Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 10:16 a.m. (ChST), participants will practice the earthquake response procedur ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned.

People living near coastal areas in the south were "strongly advised to immediately evacuate" to higher ground, or move ...

A major, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake prompted alerts about potential tsunami along the coast ...