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Kīlauea Confirms 40th Summit Eruptive Episode With Hours of Lava Fountaining

USGS warns of vog from high sulfur dioxide emissions during the summit-only event.

USGS Confirms Two Minor Quakes in Southern New England on Wednesday

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Northern Peru

Kīlauea Marks One Year of Eruption With 39th Summit Fountaining Episode Reaching 1,400 Feet

Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Iberia Is Slowly Rotating Clockwise

Kīlauea Erupts Again With 400-Foot Lava Fountains in 37th Summit Episode

Small 1.8-Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Near Kingston, N.H.

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Burst Sends 1,100-Foot Fountains, Sets Record Effusion Rate

Study Finds Cascadia Megathrust Often Triggers Northern San Andreas in Closely Timed Quakes

Bacteria Tied to Gold Nanoparticles Inside Spruce Needles, Study Finds

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Episode Sends Dual Lava Fountains to 1,300 Feet, Then Subsides

Kīlauea’s 32nd Summit Episode Sends 500-Foot Fountains, Stays in Crater

Canada Updates Seismic Model After Study Flags Yukon’s Tintina Fault as 7.5-Magnitude Threat

Tintina Fault, Once Dormant, Is Straining Toward a Magnitude 7.5+ Quake

Seven Shallow Earthquakes Strike Morris County in 18-Hour Swarm

Sundhnúkur Volcano Unleashes 2.4 km Fissure in 12th Reykjanes Eruption, Triggers Precautionary Evacuations

Kilauea Erupts Lava Fountains Over 1,000 Feet in Latest Episode

Kīlauea Shoots Lava Over 1,000 Feet in 23rd Summit Eruption

World’s Largest Cliff-Top Boulder Identified in Tonga, Moved by Ancient Mega-Tsunami