The area’s last significant earthquake occurred in 1968, when a magnitude 5.4 quake caused damage across southern Illinois. The region sits near the more active New Madrid seismic zone ...

The U.S. Army tested a cross-laminated timber (CLT) shelter made using thermally modified Coastal Western Hemlock. In the ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. (1600 GMT Monday), ...

On Saturday, Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley and his agency set the record straight - and by doing so, the sheriff's agency ...

A couple of days ago, there was a loud boom that many people in Illinois heard and there's a lot of speculation on what ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New England on Monday morning with shaking felt in Portsmouth, New ...

A natural disaster befell the historic city of Antakya in Turkey, which was badly damaged by earthquakes in 2023. Human conflict makes up another category on the WMF list, and the creamy white ...

YORK, Maine (WWLP) – An earthquake that rattled Maine could be felt throughout southern New England Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported that at 10:22 a.m. on Monday ...

A mild 2.4 magnitude earthquake struck Missouri's Bootheel near Ozora, causing no damage or injuries. The tremor, recorded at ...