Off the southern coast of Japan, the Philippine Sea Plate lies underneath the Japanese mainland. The locked tectonic plates ...

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake devastated Kobe and wide areas around the port city.

All heads were bowed and eyes closed as the memories and the pain of the Great East Japan Earthquake came rushing back to ...

AI may improve natural disaster prediction through faster data analysis, early warning systems, and machine learning support.

It’s probably no coincidence a report to have been released last Tuesday about what California needs to do to prepare for the next great earthquake, fires and floods is coming the same month of the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A major earthquake hasn’t struck any of California’s biggest cities in more than three decades, but experts and ...

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 ...

Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda expects to declare a disaster after Friday night’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake.