WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The State Department office that handles refugee issues and works to cut illegal migration will lead ...

New Zealand is known has one of the most seismically active countries on the planet, however, there's no official early ...

There are questions on if an earthquake or quarry blast shook New Britain and parts of Plainville Tuesday afternoon.

A famously ‘prophetic’ manga predicts Japan will undergo a major earthquake in 2025, causing travelers to call off their ...

California Senator Adam Schiff is urging FEMA to restore $33 million in earthquake retrofitting funds for California. Schiff believes the funding cut leaves thousands vulnerable to displacement.

Sen. Adam Schiff is urging Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reinstate the earthquake retrofit funds, which would’ve ...

Residents in the city and nearby towns reported feeling a tremor Tuesday afternoon. While many initially believed it was a ...

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was reported 3 kilometers east of Plainville, Connecticut yesterday, according to the United ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said two weak earthquakes hit Connecticut this week, first in Essex Monday and then in New Britain on Tuesday.

As of the morning of May 21, the earthquake near New Britain was the only one in New England to occur in the past day, according to the earthquake tracker. Three earthquakes have happened this year in ...

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