Memorials, monuments, preserved school buildings and found objects form part of a memory culture that keeps conversations about risk reduction going.

The long-term consequences of disasters are often understudied once media attention shifts to newer crises elsewhere.

After the 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake rattled Southern California, scientists realized just how much preparedness can save lives. CBS LA's Jamie Yuccas talks to Dr. Lucy Jones about the ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the powerful Nisqually earthquake, a magnitude 6.8 temblor that shook Western Washington and left lasting changes in how the ...

Throughout history, Japan and Turkey have both suffered massive earthquakes. Groups from the two nations recently met to ...

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Nearly one year after two devastating earthquakes impacted more than eight million people in Nepal, deadly earthquakes have hit both Japan and Ecuador this past week highlighting the need for urgent ...

Contributors Chris and Joe Scott are intrepid world travelers. After arriving in Tokyo, they were awakened by tremors from the 7.6 Aomori earthquake that hit Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, ...

A panel of experts will gather at the University of Washington on Feb. 24 to discuss the 25th anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake.

One of the most disturbing earthquake lessons was an earthquake puzzle in Northern California, the 1992 magnitude-7.2 earthquakes in the Cape Mendocino earthquakes, was a depth event at first much ...

Preface / by A. Elena Charola and Robert J. Koestler -- 1. Back to back : the earthquake and hurricane of 2011 / G. Wayne Clough -- 2. 2011 seismic activity quakes the Smithsonian : the impact on ...