Zhan and his team have developed ways to measure this reflected laser light all along the length of the cables and deduce information ... within and between tectonic plates at depth," says ...

The geological theory of plate tectonics helps us to understand why we have earthquakes. Political, economic and information plate tectonics may help us to understand why we have Donald Trump.

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of today's Denali Fault were once a ...

The warning applied to 5.3 million people in California, according to the Associated Press, although not all received it — ...

USGS initially estimated more than 150,000 people might have been exposed to earthquake shaking, between just north of Fort ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

Geothermal energy holds the potential to provide abundant renewable energy at equivalent cost to fossil fuels, and targeted ...

An analysis of hundreds of bromalites – fossilised faeces and vomit – shows how changes in diet enabled dinosaurs to take ...

Videos show damage in capital Port Vila including to building housing British embassy, and several small tsunami waves ...

Every piece of equipment – from borers to excavators, dozers and ATV service vehicles -- is lowered via a single shaft cage ...

This earthquake provided the another major test of the West Coast ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system — and it was a ...