"We can’t prevent an earthquake, so we have to be resilient, to be prepared so we can perhaps lessen the impacts on lives and economic destruction that a major earthquake can cause."

Recent strong earthquakes are serving as a wake-up call for some Nevadans.

The University of Nevada will receive about $200,000 after the US Geological Survey awarded $3.7 million to six universities for the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System. 

Last night's deadly magnitude 8.3 Earthquake in Chile is a reminder for northern Nevadans to be prepared.

 For decades, forest rangers in wooden towers across the West scanned the horizon with binoculars for smoke that could signal the start of a wildfire.   

There was a meeting of the minds at the University of Nevada today. Some of the top researchers in the world who focus on water and drought met to take a better look at where we are with drought in northern Nevada and even more importantly where we're headed.

Love can be measured all kinds of silly ways. Maybe the number of roses or the cost of dinner. But it turns out there really is a way to measure love - you can even see it.

The Nevada Seismological Laboratory says a magnitude 2.9 earthquake shook parts of south Reno on Monday afternoon.

The success of the pilot program for fire cameras at Lake Tahoe has prompted the University of Nevada, Reno's Nevada Seismological Laboratory to pursue funding to build out its fire camera network that rings the majestic mile-high lake.