Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

“Earthquake-driven coastal subsidence following ... the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries; the University of Hong Kong; and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

No damage or injuries were reported. In 2011, an earthquake near Mineral, Virginia, about 50 miles from Richmond, became the most widely felt earthquake in U.S. history, the USGS said. The Aug. 23 ...

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates—these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed ...

and earthquakes—lots of them. Those nuggets owe their existence to the strange electrical properties of common quartz. When squished or jiggled, the mineral generates electricity. That drags ...

Now scientists are expecting a big earthquake in the country's mineral-rich north. Sign up here. Chile is the world's largest copper producer and second-largest lithium producer. The country's ...

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was detected in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on Monday afternoon and was felt in many districts of five provinces.The Department of Mineral ...

The first was that the largest nuggets occur in orogenic gold deposits, which are deposits that form during earthquakes. The second was that quartz is a piezoelectric mineral, meaning it creates ...