A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

The earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people and led to the Fukushima nuclear shutdown was amplified by a soft layer of slippery clay, according to a new study. The layer is only around ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The start of Super Bowl week came with an unexpected surprise on Monday morning when an earthquake hit the ...

Weather is rarely a storyline for the Super Bowl like it is for January NFL playoff games in cold-weather cities, but natural ...

I visit the Tsunami Memorial in Khao Lak Thailand to reflect on the Khao Lak Tsunami 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami tragedy in ...

Jan. 12 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1912, industrialist Andrew Carnegie lined up with the anti-trust view of former President Theodore Roosevelt as against the trust dissolution plans of ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (WCSC) — Nearly 300,000 people were killed in a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti 16 years ago, marking one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. The quake, ...

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The Santa Barbara Sea Center was the place to be this past weekend with a free event celebrating marine life. Each year for Underwater Parks Day, the sea center located ...

The interior designer and his longtime partner, acclaimed photographer, Fernando Bengoechea, were vacationing together in Sri ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 struck San Ramon on Friday morning. San Ramon has seen many earthquakes since November. None have reached a magnitude of 4.0. SAN RAMON, Calif. - An earthquake ...

Ian Oliver of Fox Weather gave New England Patriots On SI the exclusive on how recent earthquakes impacted the Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl LX.