The city’s seismologist turned climate disaster expert wants better building codes but isn’t waiting around for them.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private ...

A candidate for California governor suggests scrapping the state’s income tax altogether in a move that could send a ...

After a federal judge in California paused the Trump administration's termination of protections for Venezuelan immigrants ...

Large quakes produce shaking at a variety of frequencies. Some waves can travel hundreds of miles, and are amplified by local geological conditions.

Friday’s disaster provides details on Southern California’s potential Big One. “This fault is a very direct analog for the San Andreas Fault. It’s very, very similar in almost every way,” Lindsey ...

There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came ...

Amid rising concerns about California’s water future, the fifth largest reservoir in the state is primed for expansion. A coalition of water agencies, from Silicon Valley to Fresno, has agreed to ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Shelter, clean water and medicine are in short supply following the earthquake in Myanmar that has caused ...

Howden Re has reported that risk-adjusted catastrophe reinsurance excess-of-loss (XoL) rates-on-line for Japan saw reductions ...

ShelterBox, led by Kerri Murray, provides emergency relief to disaster victims worldwide, including areas affected by earthquakes, war, and hurricanes.

In the U.S., this preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop earthquake hazard models and contribute to the creation of building ...