A 3.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Southern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The more than 6-mile deep ...

Starting next month, Natalia Ruppert will begin working for the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert program in the Pacific ...

Landslides cause more than a billion dollars in damage in the United States each year, according to the American Geoscience ...

Earthquakes are sometimes more challenging to prepare for than other hazards, because they happen infrequently.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 struck Malibu Friday afternoon, and was likely felt as far away as Long Beach. Centered ...

The epicenter was about 4.6 miles north of Point Dume, in the mountains above Malibu’s city limits. It’s the seventh ...

Energy builds up over time as tectonic plates and rocks crunch against each other. Big earthquakes. Life-shattering landslides. Saffer said the big question is simple: “If you do have these ...

A small earthquake in Walker County is getting big attention Tuesday. It happened at about 10 p.m. Monday and only registered ...

In all, the earthquake seriously damaged or destroyed ... owners on what could happen if nothing is done before the next big earthquake. The exact number is unclear, but there could be close ...

“Felt it Big Time Malibu ... Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the USGS says. It replaces the old Richter scale. Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude ...