Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor ...

A new study shows that climate shapes the land and can change where earthquakes happen and when volcanoes erupt.

Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer. It is made of solid rock and sits on top of another layer, called the mantle.

The first earthquake struck while the town was still asleep. Around 2:00 am on Dec. 16, 1811, New Madrid—a small frontier settlement of 400 people on land now located in Missouri—was jolted awake.

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long ...

On May 12, 2008, a powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Wenchuan county of Sichuan province in south-central China. It was the most powerful quake to hit China in at least 50 years, killing ...

Their study, published in Nature Communications, found that after millions of years of inactivity, stress can quietly build ...

After super typhoon Uwan, Filipinos are worried about the possibility of a tsunami after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Japan.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off York Harbor, Maine, shook Seacoast New Hampshire, southern Maine and much of New England Monday. It caught the entire region by surprise, public safety dispatch centers ...