GENEVA - Over 165,000 people have fled increasing tensions and conflict in South Sudan in the past three months, seeking safety both within the country and across borders and deepening an already dire ...

Owing to the scarcity of tsunami observations, a computational approach is used to define the hazard. This approach includes all relevant sources that may cause a tsunami to impact a site and all ...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake and at least two aftershocks shook Kern County at about noon Monday. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded three earthquakes Monday just west of Interstate 5 near Mettler.

Seven meetings were held during this period, resulting in several cooperation projects, top of which is the 1:1,000,000 scale metallurgical map of Sudan, conducted between the Geological Research ...

there has not been proposed an official national seismic hazard map. Myanmar is vulnerable to hazards from moderate and large magnitude earthquakes, including tsunami hazards along its long coastline.

Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard severity zones are expected to take effect in July for Ventura County property owners. The maps may mean some local homeowners ...

Four people were arrested on suspicion of DUI during a checkpoint from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday, and 14 others were detained for further evaluation to determine their sobriety influence level ...

Earlier this year Cal Fire — the state’s firefighting agency — released an updated set of fire hazard maps, the first in almost 15 years. These new maps focus on cities, counties and other ...