With the first World Cup match at Levi’s Stadium less than two weeks away, local law enforcement and fire departments are ...

California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing ...

A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Nevada on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

A 5.7 earthquake rattled the seafloor about 100 miles off Pistol River on the coast of Oregon around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. The ...

Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious Utah earthquake first detected in 1979 really did occur nearly 90 kilometers ...

A series of moderate earthquakes rattled the waters off Northern California and southern Oregon early Thursday near the ...

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 5:34 p.m. Chile Standard ...

Leaders from multiple agencies convened yesterday, June 4, at Portland International Airport for the 2026 Defense Support to ...

When a Blue Origin rocket exploded during a test at Cape Canaveral, it created a shockwave felt 135 miles away. Here's the ...

Have you clocked it?

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

A rock core clock reveals how life recovered after Earth's greatest mass extinction and what drove that process.