Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

LYON COUNTY, Nev. (KOLO) - A magnitude 2.62 convulsion hit near Yerington on Saturday, April 19, at 7:49 a.m., according to ...

The earth tremor hit 14 kilometers northeast of Yerington, 25 kilometers west northwest of Schurz, and 51 miles south ...

Earthquakes in December and February created waves in a Death Valley National Park pond that devastated the habitat of one of ...

A number of small earthquakes since early Sunday in northern Nevada have been recorded by the Nevada Seismological Laboratory ...

The pupfish species, found only in a pool called Devils Hole near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, is protected by the ...

The world's only population of wild Devils Hole pupfish shrank to 38 members after two earthquakes greatly affected the ...

A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck near San Diego, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter ...

Two recent earthquakes disrupted the Nevada habitat of one of the world's rarest fish, the Devils Hole pupfish, drastically reducing their population, officials said this week.

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

The temblor was detected near Julian, California. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.