GREENWATER, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the ground in far east King County on Tuesday morning. The Puget Sound ...

Earth's crust is the planet's outermost layer ... The places where pieces of crust move against each other are called fault ...

The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large ... Scotland - and The Great Glen - lie on the Great Glen fault. A fault is where two tectonic plates ...

A new study finds large amounts of “white hydrogen” may exist within mountain ranges, raising hopes this clean-burning gas ...

Indian must note that earthquakes cannot be prevented and can scarcely be predicted, but they can be prepared for ...

Volcanic eruptions release molten lava that reshapes the landscape, creating new landforms like lava plateaus and islands.

Greece's government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...