Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Taylor Swift's two shows in Seattle generated seismic activity equivalent to an earthquake. The "Don't Blame Me" singer's Eras Tour rolled into the city on July 22, 2023, for two nights, and it seems ...

He was a young boy playing cricket with friends on a beach around 9:30 in the morning when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake ...

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The Washington Emergency Management Division's response plan is the latest addition to the island's preparedness culture.

Several buildings in Seattle’s Capitol Hill were evacuated Thursday after a backpack was found on the front steps of the East ...

The epicenter of Thursday's 7.0 magnitude shaker occurred in California’s so-called “earthquake country” because it’s where three tectonic plates meet. The temblor was the most powerful to ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck off Vanuatu killed at least 14 people, injured hundreds more and caused widespread damage across the South Pacific island ...

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Tsunami waves from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault would only take minutes to reach the greater Seattle area, according to a study released in 2022. The Washington State Department ...

says she received evacuation orders after the earthquake. This is a developing story and will be updated. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization ...