The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

The earthquakes both struck at a shallow depth of approximately 10 kilometers, or about 6 miles below the surface.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering a second, magnitude 6.9 earthquake later in the day, according to ...

The quake’s epicenter lies in the remote waters between South America and Antarctica, where seismic activity is rare.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the central Philippines late on Tuesday night, killing 72 people and injuring hundreds, ...

A Newsweek map shows the epicenters of two shallow earthquakes that struck in Turkey near the town of Sindirgi over a 24-hour period. The quakes registered at a 4.6 and a 5.1 magnitude, respectively, ...

"It's tearin' up my heart when I'm with you, but when we are apart, I feel it, too." Sure, it's a great opener to a pop song, but it also briefly describes what's happening to Africa. The continent is ...

BANDON, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rumbled off the southern Oregon coast late Thursday night, and several people felt it onshore, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. No tsunami alerts ...

Scientists say the slow-motion collision is already causing unexpected disruptions, with much bigger consequences looming.

From drones to data to discovery, geology is high-tech. OHIO’s online MS in Geological Sciences gives professionals and ...