The earth's rumbling beneath Yellowstone, but don’t worry; scientists are keeping a close eye on that supervolcano and its ...

Tens of thousands of hidden earthquakes were recently discovered beneath the Yellowstone volcano by a group of international ...

Earthquakes happen due to sudden movement of tectonic plates and stress release along fault lines beneath the Earth’s crust. Learn causes of earthquakes, tectonic activity, seismic waves, earthquake ...

Picture this: a massive horseshoe of fire wrapping around an entire ocean, where the ground shakes almost daily and volcanoes erupt with terrifying regularity. The Ring of Fire spans approximately 40, ...

Preface: Essay on plate tectonics -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A: Chronology of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions -- Appendix B: Eyewitness accounts of major ...

Tectonic earthquakes are among the most powerful natural phenomena on the planet. It’s no surprise, then, that they are sometimes suspected of being able to trigger volcanic eruptions. Earth’s ...

Sometime between today and 200 years from now, scientists say “the big one” will hit the United States. There is danger lurking on the sea floor off the Pacific Northwest’s coast: After centuries of ...

Kīlauea seems to be in a shaking kind of mood after Episode 40 of its ongoing episodic lava-fountaining eruption at the ...

Earlier this month, Mount Rainier experienced its most powerful seismic swarm ever recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey. More than 1,000 earthquakes have been detected at the mountain since July 8 — ...

A flurry of seismic activity that caused 160 quakes in just two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile has put authorities on alert. 160 quakes occurred in the area during a two ...

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island recorded a total of ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...