The 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck an area that serves as a major stop on the way to the North Base Camp, where adventurers set out to climb Mount Everest.

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The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant. The Hearst Foundations has awarded two Washington groups with grants. The Hearst Foundations has awarded three ...

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least nine people ...

BEIJING (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit western China on Tuesday morning near the border with Nepal, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck in China’s Tibet region at a depth of about ...

The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Cobb in Lake County on Wednesday night.

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the ...

“Although rare — only one such event has been recorded in the geologic record over the past 16,000 years — a large earthquake on the Seattle Fault has a high potential to generate a ...

The area where the eruption is occurring has been closed to the public since 2007 due to hazards that include crater wall ...

Diamond Baseball Holdings reports series of moves in San Bernardino County that affects the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angels, ...