Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

A major, 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Myanmar on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. At a depth of about six miles, the quake was relatively shallow, which made it ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

The toll from Myanmar's earthquake continues to rise ... that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...

and Earthquake Zone. These platforms provide real-time maps, push notifications for nearby tremors, detailed data on magnitude and depth, and allow users to report perceived shaking. Android users can ...

generating intense seismic forces. Preliminary estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey show that nearly 800,000 people in Myanmar may have been within the zone of the most violent shaking and that ...

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France that is at risk from future seismic activity. On Tuesday night, France's ...

A purported video, likely from China, showed the moments before and after a rooftop pool in the earthquake zone emptied onto the streets and swept the people present there off their feet.

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...