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.

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 ...

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

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

Late on Tuesday, Jan. 27, southeast Ontario, Canada, experienced a magnitude 3.7 earthquake. See details and its epicenter ...

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 ...

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.9 earthquake about 12 miles northeast of Indio that caused serious shaking in many parts of the Coachella Valley on Monday, Jan. 19. The quake struck ...

Over the last few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents.

The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...

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