A minor earthquake shook Whitehouse Station Friday night, measuring 2.3 to 2.4 on the Richter scale. While felt by a few ...

With the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeast Missouri, it is especially important to prepare for an earthquake.

An ongoing string of more than a dozen earthquakes in less than 90 minutes early Monday ended what had been some recent calm ...

When the ground under Seattle finally gives way, the disaster will not unfold as a single cinematic moment but as a chain reaction that reshapes the city’s geography, infrastructure and daily life.

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three stories following a Standard-Examiner editorial board interview with Ogden Fire Chief Mike Slater on a broad range of topics including recent ...