A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

Data from the USGS shows the seismic events have ranged in strength from 2.5 up to 4.2 in magnitude.

A series of earthquakes rocked a Bay Area city on Feb. 2. Did you feel it? San Ramon was hit by a cluster of quakes starting ...

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order. This is an edited transcript of “The ...

In Tibet, two continental plates collide, forming the world's highest mountain range. Satellite data provides surprising ...

Scientists using Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data have revealed that the Tibetan Plateau is slowly flowing, not acting as rigid blocks as once believed. The study shows eastern Tibet moving up to ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Using an unprecedented amount of high-resolution satellite data, researchers have found that Earth’s fault lines are far weaker—and continents far less rigid—than long-standing geological models ...

Rasar State Park is that rare find – a 169-acre wonderland nestled along the Skagit River near the tiny town of Concrete, ...