Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

The largest of the 19 earthquakes measured by the U.S. Geological Survey was a magnitude 4.2 shaker that was centered about ...

A strong 5.2 quake rattling the ground near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant would be alarming in any week. Coming just as Washington and Tehran edge toward a direct clash over nuclear sites, it has ...

Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

A new seismic detection method reveals faint ground signals that precede volcanic eruptions, offering earlier and simpler warnings.

Issue missing 75 Years Ago Feb. 8, 1951 — Tom Cox Wins Honorable Mention In National Science Talent Search Washington, D. C., Feb. […] ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

Ancient rocks show Earth’s magnetic field followed deep heat patterns inside the planet for hundreds of millions of years.

Tyres stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind. My destination is the Warramunga facility, about 500 kilometres north – a ...

San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.

Measurements of seismic waves over many years suggest the Earth's core is deformed and reshaped by conditions of extreme heat ...

A series of small earthquakes rattled the San Francisco Bay Area in an area that’s had a lot of seismic activity in recent ...