A seismic hush fell over U.S. and Canadian cities that were in the "path of totality" during the 8 April 2024 total solar ...

When the edge of a Greenland glacier breaks off into the sea to become an iceberg, can a global seismic network "hear" it?

New seismic surveys beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera have detected a large zone of partially molten rock refilling the magma ...

A grad student at UAF is helping lead an Alaska Earthquake Center project aimed at developing a new method for better locating offshore earthquakes that could be integrated into a possible future ...

A piece of Earth that scientists thought had vanished hundreds of millions of years ago has quietly turned up under the coast of Northern California. The long-lost Pioneer fragment, once part of the ...

It was a groundbreaking discovery. Scientists have found previously concealed fault lines along California’s north coast, sparking concerns that we could be drastically underestimating the earthquake ...

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn. By Robin George Andrews Something ominous is happening deep below the Sea of Marmara in ...

Drop. Cover. Hold on. That’s the three-part jingle every Californian learns to stay safe in earthquake country. Scientists forecast a more than 99% chance that earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude or larger ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...

SEATTLE — The roar of Mariners fans Friday night wasn't just loud — it was measurable. When Jorge Polanco delivered a game-ending single in the 15th inning to send Seattle to the American League ...

Development of Umiat oil field on Alaska's North Slope has been hindered by geological and logistical difficulties. Discovered more than 80 years ago, the field experienced minimal drilling, and ...