The San Andreas Fault, this scar visible from space, stretches across California for over 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles).

Those living on the remote islands anxious and fearful of what might happen, and the national weather service has no idea ...

While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake hit Northern California Monday evening near Los Banos, about 30 miles from San Jose. No damage ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq ...

Experts aren’t sure what prompted the land mass’ rise from the sea, but it may be from cyclical sea changes or tectonic plate ...

Canadian researchers said they'd found the world's oldest rocks in northern Quebec. The find was controversial. But after more than a decade of hard work, they believe they've really proven it and are ...

Research expeditions found that pockmarks in the Pacific Ocean were not created in the way they originally thought.

Scientists have discovered a pulsating magma plume beneath Africa’s Afar region, slowly splitting the continent. This Rift ...

Notes to John, posthumously published journal entries chronicling Didion’s therapy sessions, is a peek into the myths and ...

A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African ...

Karl Halbach Karl Frederick Halbach was born on Nov. 10, 1944 in Santa Cruz, California, to Jean and Edwin “Ted” Halbach. The second of three children, he ...