Residents in Auburn and east Pierce County may have woken up early Saturday morning to an earthquake. A 3.4-magnitude ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 6:30 a.m. The epicenter was said to be 11 kilometers (about 6.8 ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows.

The highest potential for naturally occurring hydrogen is in the Midcontinent Rift system, which runs through central parts ...

A magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and some islands and countries urged people near the coastline ...

They include tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium, many of which are designated as critical minerals by the U.S. Geological Survey, meaning they are essential to U.S. economic or ...

Long, however, before the publication of the “Origin of Species,” its author had achieved a foremost place in the ranks of the cultivators of geological science; nor must it be forgotten that ...

A section of the upper mantle and crust under the Sierra Nevada mountains is peeling away, in a process that may mimic how the continents were formed.

He hopes to use those findings to have the U.S. Geological Survey correct the Geographic Names Information System, and thus fix the many Wisconsin maps that are informed by it. The problem is ...