The Semipalatinsk Test Site, also called the Polygon, is lesser known but was used by the Soviet Union to test nuclear ...

A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...

The California coast has been rocked by seven earthquakes in less than a day, including four in the same city near the San ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

The earth to the north-east of the Greek island of Santorini was shaken by more than 14,000 tremors within two weeks, according to data from the University of Athens. The figures, released by the ...

Earth's inner core has changed shape over the past 20 years. A team of scientists studied the core's behavior to understand why its rotation slowed down ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake and other smaller quakes rocked the Humboldt County coastline in Northern California on Feb. 11 and 12. What's happening?

This week an earthquake was reported in the Upstate of South Carolina. We have more on how to find out about the latest reports.

Researchers found evidence that the Earth's inner core is changing shape, suggesting unseen processes affecting its movement ...

As you might have guessed, given that Hough is a seismologist for the USGS, the study she and her team recently published in ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...