The magnitude 4.4 quake — centered near Highland Park on Monday — came with an early warning from California's quake alert system. It was not immediately clear how many people got the alert. But it is ...

SEATTLE — Technology that detects strong earthquakes and alerts residents to their shaking got renewed attention after an earthquake struck near Orcas Island on Monday morning. The magnitude 4.5 ...

A screenshot of a Wireless Emergency Alert — similar to an Amber Alert — warning of incoming shaking. (Robert de Groot / U.S. Geological Survey) Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor marked another success ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An earthquake early warning system is now active in Oregon, ready to notify residents of seismic activity. The USGS ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System came online Thursday, ...

SAN JOSE -- Tuesday's 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered in San Jose's east foothills provided a real-life test of the potential and limitations of the state's earthquake early detection and warning ...

Earthquakes are highly destructive when they strike, and unlike many other natural disasters, they often hit with minimal warning. Unlike hurricanes and floods, and even volcanoes to an extent, ...

To us humans, climate change feels like something that’s happening to the atmosphere. But most of the action is actually at sea—about 90 percent of the heat that gets trapped by greenhouse gases is ...

Death by drowning was the biggest killer in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Since the disaster, scientists have analyzed the massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, seeking better ways to ...

NEW YORK – That ground-shaking moment at Yankee Stadium wasn’t caused by Juan Soto being introduced or Aaron Judge launching a long home run. It was caused by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that rolled in ...