The most widespread way is through Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which sends loud alerts to all cellphones. If an ...

A major earthquake hasn’t struck any of California’s biggest cities in more than three decades, but the “Big One” is a matter ...

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck close to Mexicali, ...

Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for ...

Millions of Californians are set to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" on Thursday as part of the annual Great California ShakeOut ...

The Great ShakeOut takes place on the third Thursday of every October. The event is part of a global earthquake drill.

In the Bay Area, BART plans to automatically slow down its trains and have them come to a brief stop, as the system is ...

Millions of Californians have signed up to drop, cover and hold on Thursday for the Great California ShakeOut. The annual ...

Lasting only a minute, it shook Pioneer Square with vigor and rattled office and convention centers from Seattle to Olympia ...

Locals in coastal areas were ordered to evacuate immediately and see higher ground. Follow Newsweek for live updates.

With a vast karst landscape, or areas that lie over soluble rocks such as limestones, the Philippines is no stranger to ...