This resource focuses on how individual and communities prepare for, respond to and recover from life-changing natural disasters. It also explores the causes of earthquakes. This resource has been ...

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has shaken eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island ...

On Nov. 6, at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center​ in Spain, the Global Initiative on Resilience to Natural Hazards through ...

They also wreck communities and, sometimes, even entire countries. Sudden cataclysmic disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and floods cause devastation on impact. Slow-onset ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide ... during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines outlined ...

Some earthquakes are imperceptibly quiet. We may not feel them, but machines might detect them—and they can point scientists to a potential "Big One".

Renters insurance does not cover floods and earth movement, such as earthquakes and sinkholes. Consider including loss-of-use coverage in your renters policy if you’re in a disaster-prone area.

Back-to-back earthquakes hit southeastern Cuba on Sunday, damaging houses, buildings and power lines as well as causing landslides, the goverment said.

and stopping the pumps needed to cool nuclear reactors-demonstrates the potential complexity of an earthquake disaster. Such compound disasters can strike any earthquake-prone populated area. National ...

Keep in mind that home insurance won’t cover earthquake damage. The federal government’s disaster assistance is limited. Grants for home repairs are meant to cover essential repairs only ...

On New Year’s Day, revelers, shrine-goers, and visitors alike in central Japan were rocked by a sudden earthquake that measured 7.5 magnitude on the Noto peninsula in the western Ishikawa ...