A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Great Falls on Thursday, briefly rattling residents and raising questions about why earthquakes occur in the region.

For Africa - home to some of the world’s most prospective yet underexplored basins - this tightening threatens to stall exploration just as geological momentum is accelerating. However, with the rise ...

Thanks to the hard work of two University of Wyoming professors and their field team of graduate students and technicians, ...

The Utah Geological Survey (UGS) has completed a project forming new high-resolution maps of active faults throughout central ...

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral ...

“Yellowstone is a dynamic geologic system – the one constant is change.” So wrote Michael Poland, a geophysicist with the US ...

Martin said the goal is to help people safely explore the landscape while also protecting a part of Kentucky’s natural ...

NEWS OUT OF LASSEN COUNTY, WHERE RESIDENTS THERE WERE HIT BY AN EARTHQUAKE. SO WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK FROM THE USGS WEBSITE. YOU CAN SEE THAT RED DOT RIGHT THERE. THE 5.3 QUAKE HIT ABOUT NINE MILES ...

'We have assessed there are significant undiscovered resources in the Haynesville Formation of the Gulf Coast', USGS Director Ned Mamula said. Image by golubovy via iStock In a statement sent to ...

In the past 24 hours, at least five earthquakes have struck California. Earthquakes are not uncommon in California and vary in magnitude, from quakes so small that no one feels their shaking to ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is working with partners to study minerals with known deposits in the state that are vital to the economy and national security. In a Monday news release, ...