At 1:51 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that lasted less than a minute shook Mineral, Louisa, Bumpass and Cuckoo, causing millions of dollars of damage to schools, ...

Earthquakes may be the key. ... Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large chunks of Earth’s squashed-up crust.

The key to understanding these deep earthquakes lies in a phenomenon known as the metastable olivine wedge (MOW). Olivine, a common mineral in Earth’s upper mantle, typically transforms into ...

Five years after a strong earthquake rocked central Virginia and the eastern seaboard, a geologist says the state has made efforts to improve the understanding and preparation for earthquakes.

Earthquakes may help prospectors strike gold: When these seismic events stir and squeeze quartz veins deep underground, the mineral creates an electric field that gold particles clump to, forming ...

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.

No lives were lost, as Mineral is a tiny town with a small population, but it did cause upwards of $200 million in damage. The quake even caused extensive damage to the Washington Monument, which is ...

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.

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