According to the USGS, an earthquake happens due to sudden movements of tectonic plates along fault lines that separate them.

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

One of the most active volcanoes in the world sits just a few hundred miles off the U.S. West Coast, and some scientists ...

Any precipitation after 10 p.m. Tuesday likely will fall as snow. The Tri-Cities will have another chance of snow Thursday ...

The Boston 25 Weather team is tracking a potentially disruptive winter storm that could bring snow, ice, and rain to ...

Hundreds of demonstrators marched on the 101 Freeway Sunday morning in downtown Los Angeles in what was called a "protest against deportations." Proceeds from ABC7-inspired merchandise support ...

A new bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza) outbreak has been discovered in California. The newly reported H5N9 strain was found Monday at a duck farm in Merced County, California ...

Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad fire was likely. Did they do enough to get ready?

Nov. 18, 2024 — Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States ...

An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was reportedly attacked by three inmates, authorities announced Thursday.