If you live anywhere along the West Coast, you have at some point in the last few years heard the piercing sound of ...

The 2015 Nepal earthquake killed over 8,000 people, injured another 20,000 and displaced countless more and caused extensive damage. More than 7,000 schools were damaged, with almost 25,000 classrooms ...

Many Istanbul residents have spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake and over 180 aftershocks ...

The magnitude of this earthquake, 6.2, is considerable and could result in significant damage, especially given its relatively shallow focus. Shallow earthquakes tend to release energy closer to the ...

Nearly 8,000 schools and 30,000 classrooms were damaged or destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. Another 1,000 government ...

Earthquakes are a frequent occurrence in California, but that doesn't mean residents should ignore them.John Gudel from the ...

City leaders formed the San Francisco Relief Committee, which, aided by the U.S. Army, organized refugee camps and built ...

The alert read: "Emergency alert: Severe ... the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though vulnerable structures exist. "The predominant ...

Additionally, no initial reports of injuries or structure damage ... are receiving them. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 or greater triggers widespread alerts to potentially affected ...

The inspections followed the Preliminary Damage Assessment Manual for Building Structures After an Earthquake, Department of Public Works and Town & Country Planning, B.E. 2560 (2017), ensuring ...

International rescue teams have started returning home as rescue efforts from the March 28 earthquake have started winding down and the focus turns to recovery for the millions of people impacted.

Over a week after Myanmar’s catastrophic earthquake, casualty numbers are still climbing. Meanwhile, across India, mild ...