When an earthquake hits, you have only seconds to act. And if you don’t know exactly what you should do—or you have incorrect information about earthquake safety—you could accidentally be putting ...

A major earthquake could hit California at any time. Knowing what to do when the ground starts to shake is important. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas was at Horton Elementary School today for ...

A major earthquake could hit the Pacific Northwest at any moment. It’s not a matter of if, but when. And, with students back to school this fall, some in unreinforced, 100-year-old buildings, most ...

Japan is on alert after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck its northern regions late on Monday, prompting tsunami warnings and a rare government advisory about the possibility of a “megaquake” over the ...

When a 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook California in March 1933, it exposed weaknesses in school building construction methods. Some 70 schools were completely destroyed, while hundreds more were ...