India, July 3 -- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia on Friday, according to preliminary seismic data.

One of the most active regions in the world is the Pacific Ring of Fire. According to the USGS, this region is where the ...

For decades, Yellowstone has been held up as one of the clearest examples of a volcanic system fed by an immense column of ...

A joint study of geological data by Chinese and foreign researchers has revealed that the Earth's rotation decelerated in a step-like pattern 700 million to 200 million years ago. Throughout the Earth ...

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela within 40 seconds of each other, collapsing buildings and killing more than 160 ...

The country was hit hard by a pair of quakes that happened in quick succession and were likely driven by stress being ...

Researchers at Brown have shown the first direct evidence for a massive geologic uplift of the entire Aleutian Island ...

A rare pair of powerful earthquakes, known as a "doublet," struck Venezuela, killing at least 188 people. The unusual back-to-back quakes have raised concerns about whether a similar event could occur ...

They were two of the strongest quakes to hit Venezuela in more than a century. Quakes of 7.0 to 7.9 magnitude are considered ...

Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

California is shifting about 45–50 millimeters per year as tectonic plates slide past each other along major faults. New research shows Southern California fault systems are highly strained after more ...

The movement of the tectonic plates influences the movement of Earth's continents. The Earth we see today, about 336 million years ago, was only one supercontinent known as Pangea. In this article, we ...