MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state was under a state of emergency Thursday from a barrage of torrential rain that ...

Scientists think there are about 1,350 potentially active volcanoes in the world. That’s not counting some of the ones on the ...

A massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering tsunami warnings. Scientists warn of potential impacts across ...

An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck the North Pacific Ocean, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

On very clear days, I can see five volcanoes from my campus. They’re Rainier, Hood, Adams, St. Helens and Baker. That’s … a lot. I asked my friend Katie Cooper about it. She’s a geophysicist at ...

The world's greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of our planet's largest earthquakes occur. It has earned the ...

A B.C. hotel that offers attractions all year round was just named to a gold list of the best hotels and resorts globally.

Two major earthquakes on opposite sides of the Pacific within roughly two days have jolted public anxiety, feeding talk of a ...

The quake came during a cluster that saw over a dozen other earthquakes reported over a 24-hour period, the USGS map shows.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than a dozen people were hurt when a San Francisco cable car abruptly stopped Monday afternoon.

A new digital platform designed to combat censorship is being established to preserve the archives of news outlets that have ...

It’s that time of year again when Flagstaff should gets its signature snowflakes and chilly temperatures that make the city Arizona’s snow capital. Snow typically blankets northern Arizona each winter ...