The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) chief warned a month ago that budget cuts had plunged it into "unprecedented operational challenges" which would hamper its wildfire response.

The National Earthquake Safety Day on 15 January commemorates the 1934 8.3M disaster that killed 10,000 people in Kathmandu, ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there is no tsunami threat to Guam or the Northern Marianas from an earthquake in the Vanuatu Islands. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake ...

A series of aftershocks have hit Tibet following a deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday morning, and further tremors could ...

Recent earthquakes highlight the importance of being prepared. Smartphones now have built-in earthquake detection systems ...

"The people and the citizens of Oakland and the residents still have a right to have normal protection," one resident said ...

Over the weekend residents of Newport might have felt a mild shudder as the town became the latest in the county to be hit by an earthquake.

Among some of the more difficult departures were in Oakland, where fans not only had to say goodbye to another beloved ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake on Friday struck the Kuril Islands, off the coast of East Asia. The powerful quake occurred at 1247GMT at a depth of 162 kilometers (100 miles), the US Geological Survey ...

Luke Simon, 50, survived the devastating 2004 tsunami that destroyed widespread communities and killed more than 227,000 ...

In 2004, an earthquake-triggered tsunami raced across ... been confirmed in India but officials say there's no cause for alarm, according to multiple reports. U.S. News // 2 hours ago U.S. House ...