The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track ...

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt of volcanoes known for explosive eruptions and intense earthquakes.

The US Geological Survey has said that one of the most feared volcanos in the US has been shaking for three weeks and they ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Samoa on Friday, but ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Samoa on Friday, but caused no apparent ...

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake has struck near Samoa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit Friday morning local time, 440 kilometers southwest of the capital, Apia, at a depth of ...

A strong earthquake struck off Panama’s Pacific coast today, rattling the region but causing no reported injuries or destruction. Seismologists pegged the magnitude at 6.2, though some early reports ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge tsunami risks. But the U.S. lags in monitoring the ...

Deep beneath the tranquil surface of the Pacific Ocean, Earth's geological forces are at work in a dramatic and potentially consequential way.