Puerto Ricans Left Homeless After Biggest Quake in a Century January 9, 2020 By Dancia Coto GUANICA, Puerto Rico — Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes...
Critics Blast Oregon Repeal of Tsunami-Zone Building Ban August 23, 2019 By Andrew Selsky NEWPORT, Ore. — With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the...
Hard-Hit Indonesia Quake Zone Was Seen as High-Risk October 11, 2018 By ANDI JATMIKO and MARGIE MASON When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange...
Agencies Map Tectonic Fault That Touches Southeast Alaska August 29, 2018 Federal agencies have completed the first high-resolution mapping of a fast-moving underwater tectonic fault that extends from Vancouver Island, Canada,...
Indonesia Says Lombok Quakes Don’t Meet National Disaster Status August 22, 2018 Indonesia’s disaster agency says earthquakes that killed more than 500 people on the island of Lombok in the past month...
High Cost to Protecting Arctic Towns From Tsunamis, Icebergs October 10, 2017 By Adam Popescu An island with a 3,893-foot granite mountain juts out of the icy ocean in Greenland’s Karrat Fjord. Beside icebergs the...
New Zealand Hit With 7.8M Earthquake, Tsunami Alert Triggered November 14, 2016 By NICK PERRY A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking awake residents, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency...
Alaska Tsunami Researcher Urges Education and Preparedness February 18, 2016 If you’re enjoying a lovely day on the beach, there’s something you should do if the ground shakes, the water...
Underwater Landslides Caused Destructive 1964 Alaska Tsunami February 4, 2016 By DAN JOLING Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have solved a 50-year natural science mystery: the undersea source of tsunami waves that...
More Room for Improvement in Japan Nuclear Safety January 27, 2016 By MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan has improved its nuclear safety regulation since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but it still needs to strengthen inspections and...