Significant damage is likely and some fatalities are possible, officials said.

A strong earthquake in the South Island that sparked a tsunami warning felt like a truck driving past, a Wānaka couple say.

Following Thursday’s M5.9 earthquake in the South Island, NEMA director of Civil Defence Emergency Management John Price said there was a 75% chance the Alpine Fault would “go off in the next 50 years ...

Ground sensors can help predict the collapse of cliffs along San Diego’s coast according to research conducted over four years by Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists. In a study published ...

The Encinitas City Council voted to reject an appeal challenging a proposed 27-home subdivision atop a bluff overlooking Encinitas Boulevard.

K Allstadt, JE Vidale, AD Frankel, A scenario study of seismically induced landsliding in seattle using broadband synthetic seismograms. Bull Seismol Soc Am 103, 2971–2992 (2013). RM Iverson, et al., ...