For the first time, scientists have directly measured the amount of heat flowing from the molten metal of Earth’s core into a region at the base of the mantle, a process that helps drive both the ...

A satellite map of the Kodiak archipelago. Last week, from Thursday onward, a handful of earthquakes rumbled throughout Kodiak Archipelago communities. According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, two ...

Two 3.5-magnitude quakes struck within minutes of each other near Ontario just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6. Getty Images/iStockphoto A swarm of early-morning earthquakes felt by hundreds of people ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now confirmed ...

A seismological research team from the University of Nevada, Reno is finding ways to make precariously balanced rocks talk. In so doing, they are unlocking valuable scientific information in assessing ...

Halfway to the center of the Earth, at the boundary between the core and the mantle, lies a massive folded slab of rock that once formed the ocean floor and sank beneath North America some 50 million ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) is eyeing Mount Adams more closely after a record-breaking series of earthquakes at its base. While the Washington State stratovolcano isn't expected to erupt in the ...

Scientists from the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology gathered the local media for a briefing Thursday regarding the recent series of small earthquakes that ...

A swarm of early-morning earthquakes felt by hundreds of people shook the Los Angeles area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Two 3.5-magnitude quakes struck within minutes of each ...