You are going about your day. All is calm and quiet until suddenly, the ground beneath your feet begins to shake, and items ...

Earthquakes don’t occur everywhere. They occur along the boundaries of the earth’s tectonic plates, along either known active ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

A. 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook just north of Wayne County, in Lake Ontario, on Wednesday night. The earthquake hit around ...

Imagine a quiet day suddenly interrupted by the ground splitting apart right before your eyes. This is exactly what happened in Myanmar in March 2025, when a powerful earthquake shook the region. A ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Earth-observing satellites reveal significant ground shift in central Myanmar following the devastating earthquakes that ravaged the area in March. Earth-observing satellites reveal significant ground ...

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.