Materials scientists have uncovered a new way to predict material degradation and failure by studying muscovite mica and ...

Gold nuggets may be the product of earthquakes repeatedly shaking the veins of quartz ... That doesn’t mean this is how nuggets form naturally, but it now seems the most likely explanation. The team ...

An earthquake shook off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, more than 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon at 1:15 p.m. local time, according to the U ...

In these cases, relatively small cracks form along the edge of the North American plate, often closer to the population center than their deeper counterparts. Crustal earthquakes are caused by the ...

In earthquake science, friction’s effects are more clearly ... Both sites lie within the "Franciscan Melange," a rock formation that is prone to slow-moving landslides. This formation is the remnant ...

The Volunteer State has two active seismic zones: the New Madrid Seismic Zone near the western part of the state, and the ...

reaching all the way form far West Texas down to Fort Stockton. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 3.5 Magnitude earthquake erupted in Toytah, Texas, at around 6 a.m. Thursday ...

Statistical relations between the different precursor variables form the basis of the earthquake forecasting model EEPAS (Every Earthquake a Precursor According to Scale). EEPAS aims to forecast ...

25 people so far have responded to the agency’s online form asking if they felt the quake. There have been no reported injuries. Earthquakes are common off the Oregon coast, though this latest ...

In these cases, relatively small cracks form along the edge of the North American plate, often closer to the population center than their deeper counterparts. Crustal earthquakes are caused by the ...

In these cases, relatively small cracks form along the edge of the North American plate, often closer to the population center than their deeper counterparts. Crustal earthquakes are caused by the ...