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.

Climate change does its damage in a lot of ways—birthing hurricanes, heat waves, floods, droughts, and wildfires. Now add to ...

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 ...

The last significant quake swarm in the San Ramon area, in 2015, lasted 36 days and produced 654 tiny earthquakes, the ...

There isn’t zero probability of earthquakes in the Rochester area, but it is much lower than in regions of the state with ...

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 ...

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 ...