Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

Seismic tremors reveal a shallow fragment of ancient tectonic plate beneath Northern California, helping explain damaging ...

Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

Thundereggs look like regular rocks from the outside, but contain intricate and colorful mineral patterns inside — often made ...

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the ...

An earthquake along the southern Whidbey Island fault reshaped the land some 2,700 years ago. Another big one is expected, and it could be devastating. This is the first of three stories about a ...

MAGNA, Utah — It has been three years since a 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked much of northern Utah. Then last summer, the Utah Geological Survey dug a long trench to study two faults on the west side ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Two active fault lines appear to connect under downtown Salt Lake City, according to a newly published geological study. Scientists believe they have the potential to cause more ...

Geological engineers bridge the gap between geology and civil engineering, ensuring safe, sustainable interactions with the Earth through tasks like infrastructure design, resource exploration, ...