Earthquake myths have circulated in the state for decades. We looked into them.

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A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Inside the dilapidated building, ...

Six quakes have rocked Silverdale in six weeks ...

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City officials say the contractor behind a recent Bronx wall collapse ignored multiple safety violations and Stop Work Orders.

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A 4.9-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks rattled the Inland Empire on Monday night, according to the United States ...

The quake caused serious shaking in many parts of the Coachella Valley, located about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

Jan 19 (Reuters) - A man died and several houses collapsed after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck northwestern Kashmir in Pakistan on Monday, an official and the European Mediterranean ...