A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck central Colombia early Sunday, authorities said. No casualties were immediately reported. The quake hit 17 kilometers (10.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

John Halldorson knows the best way to keep people safe after an earthquake is to prepare communities beforehand.

The San Francisco Fire Department says more than 140 firefighters responded to the scene. One firefighter was injured and one ...

Yasmine al-Saleh has two occasions to celebrate this year: the Eid al-Adha holiday and her family’s return home after nine ...

A Japanese court ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not accountable for the 2011 meltdown crisis and do not ...

An instrument called an interrogator allows researchers to effectively hijack fiber optic cables for use as thousands of ...

After nearly six years of effort, Richmond Elementary School finally has a new home. Sierra Sands Unified School District ...