Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

Scientists have built a lab model that visually tracks how microscopic contact points between fault surfaces evolve during ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Central Mountains had numerous earthquakes occur Friday, all in connection to the ongoing earthquake swarm in the area. Several of Friday’s quakes registered above magnitude 3, ...

As Utah’s “geological clock” continues to tick closer and closer to its next big earthquake, researchers at the University of ...

More than 25 million cubic yards of rock and ice broke loose and plunged into Greenland's Dickson Fjord, creating a ...

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault ...

A key data release may underline how the US oil industry is reining in production growth in response to lower prices.

A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

Seismic symphonies of minor earthquakes may affect grand movements on major faults.

The study examines the potential of geothermal energy – the natural heat simmering beneath the Earth’s surface – as a major ...

Fracking operations were halted at a well pad in Noble County after the Ohio Department of Natural Resources measured a ...