Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar on March 28, 2025. The exact number of deaths and missing people are not yet known, but a rescue team has told the BBC it is “at least in the ...

Istanbul in Turkey has been rocked by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake, with three other countries set to be affected.

A strong, 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Australia on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

The latest version of the Chinese geospatial platform, released on Earth Day, which fell on Tuesday this year, supplemented ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...

A sacred North Korean mountain was recently named as a UNESCO Global Geopark, the first time a natural site in the country has been included on the list.

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

Also highlighting data investigations into oil exploration in the Amazon, women who travel for an abortion in Europe, and and ...