The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

To better understand when a big earthquake is coming, there are earthquake monitoring stations across the state in remote ...

Is urban San Francisco out of the woods in terms of fire insurance problems caused in Los Angeles? Here's what San Francisco ...

A natural enigma. These earthquake lights reveal themselves in many forms as glowing spheres, sparks, or even pillars. They have been recorded to appear all aro ...

The earthquake was centered in Sola at a depth of 621.4 kilometers (about 386 miles). The USGS said it received zero reports ...

The wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area could cause up to $250 billion in economic damage, comparable to the losses from Hurricane Katrina, The Harvard Business Review writes. This escalating ...

On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, braved the cold to visit the ...

The Los Gatos Town Council at its Tuesday meeting voted to set aside $1 million for emergency management efforts in the wake ...

An earthquake shook a remote area of the Mojave Desert near Boron and Barstow on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Here's what we know.

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines ...

The Sepulveda fire was the latest blaze in a nerve-racking week as Southern California headed into a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings. The alerts caution that conditions are ...

The Los Angeles fires are likely to mark a turning point in how homes are built and insured in the United States. Though it's easy to point to specific failures in Los Angeles- the California ...