The ground beneath North America is not as stable as it looks. Beneath cities, suburbs, and farmland, ancient fractures in ...
Most Americans think of earthquakes as a West Coast problem. The assumption makes sense on the surface. California shakes ...
Scientists have long known about a major fault off the Pacific Northwest coast that could potentially cause a major ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 2.7 earthquake hit Western North Carolina on Monday evening. The earthquake happened shortly after 8 p.m. about six miles southwest of Dillsboro, NC, near ...
TRINTY, Ala. (WHNT) — A weak earthquake shook parts of North Alabama late Sunday night. Just before 11 p.m. Sunday, a 2.5 magnitude earthquake was detected roughly 8 miles north of Trinity in ...
I often get asked how I come up with topics to write about each week. It’s easy. Between Mother Nature and the many brilliant, hardworking, and imaginative scientists in my field, the problem is ...