Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. Gov. Kotek’s order to earthquake-proof state buildings comes as the state Capitol nears the end of a years-long, $598 million seismic ...

The more we are prepared, and the more state and municipal governments are prepared, the less chance there is of an ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has jolted northwest Venezuela, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck on Wednesday with its epicenter near the community of Mene Grande. This area ...

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — On March 28, a magnitude (M) 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, causing a horizontal shift along a fault line that extended over 400 kilometers from north to south. Said to be ...

The Children of Armenia Fund officially opened the newly constructed Debed Secondary School in Lori Province, a milestone for the community at the start of the academic year.

The Himalayas are sending clear warning signals and calling for drastic policy changes and strict enforcement of laws.

If and when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits the Portland region, soil liquefaction could dramatically worsen the damage, leading buildings to tilt, roads to buckle and utility lines to ...

On Sept. 8, 1925, Point Loma Junior-Senior High School opened; Pete Ross was named as the school's first principal.

IBM is racing Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a handful of startups to build the world’s first viable quantum computer.

At the center of nuclear reactors across the United States, a new type of chromium-coated fuel is being used to make the ...

We previously covered one such “gravity telescope” with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Another one is the Japanese project Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector (KAGRA).