Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarization Learn how to prepare for disasters like earthquakes, volcanoes, and wildfires in Washington state with these safety tips and strategies.

Solar heat may influence earthquakes and their timings by altering rock brittleness and underground water movement.

Reports for three school districts in southeast Missouri indicate most school buildings aren't earthquake-resistant. Some districts are doing more than others to fix that.

A 3.3M earthquake jolted Fall City Thursday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. Initially reported as a 3.4M, the quake was downgraded to a 3.2M later, then upgraded to 3.3M.

Scientists in Japan have come up with a new way to make soil stronger using waste fluids from geothermal energy plants. This new grout material, called Colloidal Silica Recovered from Geothermal Fluids (CSRGF),

Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman tells 'Fox Report' what it was like giving a report during the middle of an earthquake.

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded around 60 kilometres south of Victoria on Wednesday, officials said, in what is the latest quake to be felt in southwest B.C. over the last two weeks.

The subhead on the Times Union’s story about the seismic event read: “Houses Tremble, Theatres Empty and Folks Near Panic as Ma Earth Does Gentle Shimmy."

They can happen anywhere, but they’re most common in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Puerto Rico and Washington, according to the Department of Homeland Security. If an earthquake strikes, it’s best to protect yourself right away.

The quake struck the northern part of the state in the area of the Hopi Reservation, just south of Tuba City along State Route 264.

So far, there has been no impact on monitoring. But the potential is there if the limitations at the federal level continue.