HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CA - the U.S. Geological Survey reported that a preliminary 3.4 magnitude quake occurred near Petrolia ...

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck close to San ...

Federal officials have denied Alaska's request to cover all initial expenses associated with a costly and complicated disaster response effort following a catastrophic Western Alaska storm last fall.

Earthquake sensors can detect sonic booms generated by reentering space debris to help track the potentially dangerous ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy appealed the decision and lowered the proposed federal government’s share of emergency response expenses from 100% to 90%.

An earthquake which struck near the Alaska-Yukon border last month has revealed a fault line hidden beneath ice, drawing international research interest.

The Pacific Ring of Fire is living up to its name, with scientists tracking a chain of restless faults and volcanoes that ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...

Emergency management officials provide scenario, encourage preparedness ...

No, it's not an earthquake. The winter phenomenon is a seismic event caused by a sudden cracking in frozen soil or ...

The School District released a preliminary budget on Friday that cuts over 500 positions and increases class sizes. To balance a $90 million structural deficit, the district's budget proposal makes ...

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a small city on the remote arm of land jutting out into icy seas, is a snowy place. But for the ...