Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Car headlights illuminate the steam plume from Excelsior Geyser at Yellowstone. Image by Neal Herbert, National Park Service, CC3.0. Car headlights illuminate the steam plume from Excelsior Geyser at ...

Two earthquakes of a 7.0 or greater magnitude have struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, prompting worries another big temblor could be on the way. The first quake hit in Alaska on Dec ...

The backup dam, which stands just downstream from the original, was built in 2005 after experts determined the original dam would not survive a 7.3 earthquake similar to the 1886 Charleston quake. The ...

SO OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS, WE’LL SEE TEMPERATURES DIP DOWN TO AROUND 60 DEGREES, PERHAPS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS YOU’VE NOTICED MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, BUT IT’S NOT RAINING OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earthquake Damage at what is believed to be the epicenter of a moderate quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale 15 miles south of ...

Where were you at 10:54 a.m. on February 28, 2001? At that moment, 25 years ago, there was a whole lotta shaking going on as ...