Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, geologists look ...

Over 200 people were hurt in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck western Turkey—among the strongest in recent memory.

As first reported by our friends at Buckrail, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake was registered Thursday night. According to data ...

Beneath Yellowstone lies a magma reservoir, pulsing with molten and superheated rock and exsolved gases. Scientists have long ...

Smith published his results in 1979, referring in interviews to Yellowstone as "the living, breathing caldera." Then in 1985, heralded by a "swarm" of mostly tiny earthquakes, the terrain subsided ...

There are as many as 169 volcanoes that are deemed as 'active' across America's 50 states, but it is Alaska's 11,070-ft-high ...