Earthquakes and tsunamis are part of life in California. Still, these naturally occurring events can be especially scary for children and particularly difficult for parents to explain. Local author ...

Earthquakes are the expression of a living planet, the earth’s way of re-inventing itself. But while this knowledge may be consoling in the abstract, it’s not very useful in the face of a catastrophe ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The earthquake that hit the East Coast on Tuesday had a 5.8 magnitude ...

Talk about timing: In late August, with an eye on back-to-school season, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management and Dark Horse Comics released a new comic book, "Without Warning," that was meant to ...

This wall-to-wall bookshelf has an additional neat trick — it's made to withstand earthquakes. The clever design from Japanese architects Shinsuke Fujii features a home with ample — and we mean ample ...

This Saturday marks the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. Jonathan Katz, working for the Associated Press (AP), was the only full-time American ...

A powerful earthquake that struck the Hebgen Lake area near Yellowstone National Park in 1959 also left a powerful mark on a 7-year-old boy who was asleep in his Idaho Falls home. Historian and author ...

This Saturday marks the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, 2010. Jonathan Katz, working for the Associated Press (AP), was the only full-time American ...

Morris initially began research for a book in 1990 but got sidetracked by other projects and put the earthquake story aside. But, he said, he always knew he’d return to it. A few years ago, Morris ...