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Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Rattles Susanville Area in Northern California

USGS says its ShakeAlert sent seconds of warning to mobile phones in the affected area.

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Etna’s Eruption Opens New Voragine Vent and Lava Flow, Then Quickly Subsides

Magnitude 3.2 Earthquake Rattles Lancaster Area in Central Kentucky

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Northern Peru

Deepest Methane Hydrate Seeps Found in Arctic, Teeming With Life

San Ramon Logs 300-Plus Quakes in Ongoing Swarm as USGS Sees No Sign of Major Fault Rupture

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

Ancient Salt Yields First Direct Mesoproterozoic CO2, Indicating a Mild 1.4-Billion-Year Climate

Scientists Confirm Deepest Gas Hydrate Seep in Arctic at 3,640 Meters

Yellowstone Webcam Captures New ‘Dirty Eruption’ at Black Diamond Pool

Mexico Logs New Pre-Dawn Tremors After Chiapas 5.2 as Authorities Report No Damage

San Ramon Earthquake Swarm Persists With 4.0 and 3.9 Quakes as Scientists Urge Caution

Magnitude 6.5 Quake Strikes Near Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Hidden 20-Kilometer Rock Layer Under Bermuda Offers Answer to Island’s Puzzling Uplift

Rapid Earthquake Swarm Rattles San Ramon With Two Magnitude 4.0 Quakes

Study Maps Rapid, Predictable Microbial Colonization of New Icelandic Lava

Global Study Counts Glacier Extinctions, Finding 1,000 Disappear Each Year

Rains Turn Iran’s Hormuz ‘Red Beach’ Coastline Crimson in Striking Natural Event

NOAA Deploys AI Weather Models, Including First Hybrid Ensemble

Color-Preserved Anchiornis Fossils Indicate Loss of Flight, Study Finds