The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...

Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and ...

Data out of Chile suggests that as glaciers and ice caps melt in volcanic regions, released pressure and magma build-up makes eruptions increasingly likely — which could lead to a vicious circle where ...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Wednesday afternoon just south of the northern Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter ...

A recent 7.3 magnitude earthquake off Alaska's Aleutian Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings, stirring memories of the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami. Wh ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Myanmar, with tremors felt as far away as Chiang Rai, raising concerns about safety and ...

China is trying to save its ecology as the much-talked Three Gorges Dam has significantly altered the natural flow of the ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...

Japan faces rising megaquake fears after over 1,000 tremors. Here’s what’s fact, what’s fiction, and how to stay prepared ...