On Sept. 6, Berkeley historian Richard Schwartz will speak about the 1868 Hayward earthquake. The talk is free. Just a few seats remain.

Simulations still can't predict exactly when an earthquake will happen, but with the incredible processing power of modern ...

A groundbreaking study from Virginia Tech warned that three US states are at significant risk of experiencing catastrophic ...

Southern Washington, northern Oregon, and northern California are the regions which are most vulnerable to flooding from a ...

By Harrison Tasoff, UCSB On May 12, 2008, the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake shook central China, its destructive tremors spreading from the flank of the Longmen Shan, or Dragon's Gate Mountains, ...

A Virginia Tech study warns of a potential mega-tsunami along the US Pacific Coast, triggered by a major earthquake in the ...

A recent study confirms that Canada's Tintina fault, stretching across Yukon, is an active seismic hazard, challenging ...

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. One quake hit Rialto, California, in ...

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.