A magnitude 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of central Oklahoma late Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Dams are important. In California, they generate 15% of our energy. They also provide storage for much of our drinking and ...

Flooding during a Cascadia region earthquake would alter the topography and ecosystems of the coastal region for years to ...

BACOLOD CITY—Stronger earthquake threats exist in other parts of the Philippines aside from the so-called “Big One” in the nation’s capital, according to the state seismology and volcanology agency.

VOLCANIC activity and seismic tremors have been stirring our nation’s blood. They remind us that the Philippines lies squarely within the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a region where tectonic plates collide ...

For years, textbooks taught that shallow faults—cracks in the Earth’s upper crust—were too stable to cause earthquakes. Once ...

Santa Monica faces $1.5 billion losses from natural disasters. Sea level rise, wildfires, and earthquakes pose greatest risks ...

When the earth trembled in Cebu and Davao Oriental earlier this month, the damage wasn’t only seen in cracked walls or fallen ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but it won’t be the end of civilization. He thinks ...

Pressure waves from the colossal 2022 Tonga eruption rippled through Alaska’s crust, offering scientists a rare look into the state’s deep subsurface. Atmospheric waves from a powerful volcanic erupti ...

Mapping out geology across the U.S. is surprisingly difficult, but the USGS has managed just that, and its map is more ...

In a video message, DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said the activity was part of the observance of the United Nations–declared World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) on November 5, 2025, which aims to ...