It’s all systems go for the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) as it is set to hold this year’s first quarter Nationwide ...

‘The Big One’ has been well studied. However, our Philippine Fault has not yet been studied ... to explore the possibility of conducting an assessment on Davao’s earthquake risks. However, PHIVOLCS ...

Is a Mega-Quake Going To Hit Japan? The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake was one of the most destructive earthquakes this century. Predicting whether we are due for a big earthquake is tricky because ...

The Philippines has a long history of devastating earthquakes, with some of the most significant events occurring in recent decades. One of the most catastrophic was the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake ...

Philippine agencies, schools and institutions on ... The quarterly drills are for the preparations for the looming threat of the "Big One," or a potential 7.2 magnitude earthquake that could hit the ...

A series of minor earthquakes have been shaking the Pacific Northwest, with the latest tremors felt in Auburn, Bremerton, and Fall City. The quakes, including one nearly reaching a magnitude of 3. ...

Since Feb. 18, Washington has seen seven earthquakes with a magnitude above 2.5, including the strongest earthquake to hit the state in five years, a magnitude 4.5 that struck Orcas Island early in ...

the Philippines has a risk index of 9.7 out of 10 for earthquakes,” he noted. “This underscores the urgency of our preparations, especially with the looming threat of the ‘Big One’—a ...

There is one exception to the idea that a series of earthquakes aren’t connected, though: aftershocks. “We think of aftershocks [as] a really big earthquake happens, and then there are ...

“Unfortunately, there is no way to tell if there will be more earthquakes in the region in the near future,” she said. “When we talk about the ‘Big One,’ we’re talking about an ...