Scientists have discovered evidence that California is actually peeling apart below the surface, as dense rocks under the Sierra Nevada mountain is detaching and sinking deeper into the mantle.
The 4.5-magnitude earthquake — quite powerful compared to most that occur in Texas — happened at 9:26 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the USGS says. It was detected about 12 miles east-northeast from the ...
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
In our news wrap Monday, President Trump signed new executive orders focused on the U.S. military, a 3.8 magnitude earthquake ...
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook Maine on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported at a depth of 20 km and centered 13 km southeast of York Harbor. People ...
Since the fires, a gradual hollowing out, and even abandonment, of Los Angeles has already begun. With the threat of earthquakes, fires and volcanic eruptions, Jonathan Margolis talks to the experts w ...
In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged more than 8,500 homes in an already tight housing market. Experts said the ...
California's Department of Insurance also recently passed regulations that pave the way for rate increases in exchange for ...
Mother Nature took no prisoners when she unleashed her wrath on Los Angeles at the beginning of 2025. Wildfires continue to rage in the area, and the death toll now stands at at least 27. Around ...
"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...
Evacuations were lifted Friday night for people near an ongoing fire that erupted Thursday at one of the world’s largest ...