Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 280 million people, sits on major seismic faults and is frequently hit by earthquakes​.

The U.S. Geological Surveys says that a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea region northeast of ...

A major, 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in Indonesia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Unseasonably warm weather patterns have accelerated rattlesnake activity and the chances of run-ins with humans, experts say.

Small earthquakes have rattled San Ramon regularly for months. Federal seismologists buried dozens of sensors this month to ...

Portland State University scientists are developing a soil treatment, using microbes, to combat soil liquefaction.

Extreme weather events like dust storms, floods, and high winds are spreading dangerous fungal spores. Climate change is ...

South Carolina is bisected by a number of fault lines that cause those temblors. Those formations are the lingering scars of ...

At 12:17 p.m. on a recent Thursday, the Earth rumbled, windows rattled and a loud boom startled residents in communities around Lake Murray, just outside South Carolina’s capital of Columbia. “Wow! If ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A magnitude 2.5 earthquake has been reported in south central Nebraska Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was reported just southeast of ...

People took to social media with reactions and questions after a 2.3-magnitude earthquake was felt in the region around the Sleepy Hollow area on Tuesday, March 10, Commenters said they had ...