From towering mountains to vast deserts, America’s landscapes were shaped by powerful geological forces over millions of ...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday triggered tsunami warnings for Cuba and the Cayman Islands and ...

Cayman Islands earthquake: a 4.3 magnitude tremor that tested local emergency systems and led to improved disaster ...

Himalayan salts have intrigued people for centuries, and today, these naturally beautiful crystals continue to be celebrated ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state lawmakers will consider adding up to seven new license plate designs to the available selection during this legislative session. Some have been up for ...

Dr. John Ebel, a geophysics professor at Boston College, explained the movement of tectonic plates, including the North American Plate, which Maine is centered on, is responsible for the seismic event ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be. These massive slabs, part of the lithosphere, meet at their edges where all the ...

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolted San Francisco, Southern Leyte on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). In its updated bulletin, PHIVOLCS ...

These unexpected regions of the Earth's innards appear to be hotter and older than other structures nearby that are known to be sunken tectonic plates, possibly being around 500 million years old ...

New research shows that these regions are not only hotter than the surrounding graveyard of cold sunken tectonic plates, but also that they must be ancient: at least half a billion years old ...