California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours. One of the quakes hit just 60 miles from Los Angeles where wildfires are burning.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on Thursday afternoon. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the quake struck around 3:24 p.m. PT in the Chugach Mountains near the city of Valdez, which has a population of about 3,900. The epicenter was east of Anchorage.

“As long as we continue to build houses with wood in places that are expected to burn, the only outcome we can expect is that houses will burn,” says Michele Barbato, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Davis. “We need to build noncombustible homes.”

Paramount+ has set a release date for the documentary 'Death Without Mercy' about the Turkish-Syrian border earthquake.

The coldest air of the winter is about to descend across the United States, and the upcoming Arctic express could set off loud booms that feel like earthquakes. These events, known as frost quakes, occur when plummeting temperatures cause water in the ground to freeze.

The Japan earthquake struck days after a 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in California on January 8, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was cen

A preliminary 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck early Friday morning near San Jose, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Experts and advocates, who often have a vested stake in creative doomsaying, seem particularly gifted at ginning up hypothetical links to misfortunes that may or may not occur.

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.

All members and missionaries are safe and striving to help in recovery efforts following a powerful earthquake in Vanuatu.

Vanuatu has voted in a snap election amidst the upheaval of a destructive earthquake that struck this South Pacific island nation last month

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