Believed to be triggered by a millions-year-old geological fault, Townsville experienced its largest earthquake in recorded ...

Janelle Christensen was at home when she got the email. By her fourth month on the job at the U.S. Geological Survey, Christensen said supervisors had plied her with positive feedback. She had ...

A low pressure system, at the end of Tropical Cyclone Rae, moved out of southern Tongan waters last night, and no longer poses a threat to Tonga. The Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Center was de-activated ...

An innovative nuclear reactor technology is being deployed at Abilene Christian University in Texas to address both energy and water supply issues. A liquid-fueled molten salt reactor (MSR) developed ...

The earthquake was centered in Punta Cana at a depth of 46 kilometers (about 28.6 miles). The USGS said it received 371 reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of ...

Russia is estimated to hold the world’s fifth-largest reserves of rare earth metals (3.8 million tonnes) as per US Geological Survey (USGS) data. The country has expressed its openness to exploring ...

A major earthquake struck on Sunday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. The United States has been hit by several earthquakes over the past several months. A 7.0 magnitude ...

Technology issues continue to impact the Helena Independent Record's ability to fully prepare and publish an online e-edition. We apologize for the inconvenience. The outage is a companywide issue ...

The volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai back in 2021 might’ve been the largest in over a century, but that’s far from the only eruptive activity that Tonga has seen as of late.

An example of this is the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption in the South Pacific. The volcano is located about 9,742 kilometers (6,053 miles) from Yellowstone National Park ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea volcano began shooting lava into the air once again Wednesday on the Big Island of Hawaii. Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and ...