Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.

The new study reveals that the African plate and the Pacific plate have different chemical compositions and ages, parting ways with the old study, which proposed they are both similar in composition.

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, ...

Challenger Deep, the Earth's deepest point, lies in the Mariana Trench. Discover its extreme conditions, exploration history, ...

Not all mountains in the Yellowstone region are volcanic in origin. The Wind River Range, southeast of Yellowstone National ...

Naval Base Point Loma provides support to 70 U.S. Pacific Fleet commands headquartered on the base, including five ...

Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have ...