Natural disasters easily turn into manmade tragedies, like in Venezuela. Tech innovations show promise, but leaders must ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
Editor's Note: The Scanner publishes guest essays from community members on issues of concern. Today's piece was written by Berkeley historian and author Richard Schwartz, who will be speaking about ...
PALU, Indonesia (Reuters) - The young man standing atop a mound of grey mud and debris on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, waiting for an excavator he hoped would dig out the bodies of his parents, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brother Michael Lamm O.F.M., a Franciscan friar, stands on the steps of the earthquake-damaged Mission Santa Barbara. This photo ...
Question: I was told an earthquake in Madrid was the strongest ever felt in North America. How is that possible? Answer: I bet are you thinking of Madrid, Spain. The strongest earthquake in North ...
The most dangerous thing that can happen in the eerie vacuum between an earthquake and a tsunami is nothing. Once a tsunami warning is issued, the size of the wave and the number of minutes before it ...
Researchers tested a new technique that uses fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes. It’s twice as precise as what the ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday has killed more than 1,600 people and injured more than 3,400 and was felt as far as Thailand, Laos and southern China. The ...
Weak building codes and years of government unrest appear to have contributed to the devastation from the magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake, a leading seismic safety expert in the region said. The ...
Volunteers look for survivors near a building damaged in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28, 2025, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) Weak building codes and years of ...