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Series of Small Quakes Rattle San Ramon, Largest at Magnitude 3.7

USGS maps show light shaking across the Tri‑Valley from the morning swarm.

Powerful 7.6 Quake Off Northern Japan Triggers Tsunami Alerts and Evacuations

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Burst Features Rare Triple Fountains, Destroys USGS Camera

Newly Described Cretaceous Bird Likely Choked on 800 Stones, Study Finds

Magnitude 4.8 Fuengirola Quake Felt Across Southern Spain as Andalucía Activates Preemergency

Bolivia Tracksite Sets World Record With 16,600 Dinosaur Footprints

USGS Investigates False 5.9 Nevada Quake Alert That Lit Up Phones Across California

Andalusia Activates Pre-Emergency Seismic Plan After 4.8 Quake Near Fuengirola

Moderate Earthquakes Strike Oaxaca and Mendoza With No Damage Reported

New 105-Million-Year-Old Wasp in Spanish Amber Leads to Cretevania Genus Revision

Series of Small Quakes Rattles Bay Area and Central Coast, Latest a M3.4 Near San Juan Bautista

Magnitude 6.0 Quake Near Anchorage Rattles Southcentral Alaska on Thanksgiving

Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Shakes Alaska Near Susitna, Felt in Anchorage

Yellowstone Quake Swarm Briefly Rewired a Deep Aquifer’s Chemistry and Microbes

Rare 95.5-Meter Sauropod Trackway Reconstructed, Reveals Subtle Gait Asymmetry

AI Detects Chemical Signatures of Life in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Rocks

Rare Hayli Gubbi Eruption Sends Ash Across Red Sea, Disrupting Flights From Arabia to India

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

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

Kīlauea Poised for 37th Eruption Episode as Lava Streams Signal Imminent Activity