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Magnitude 3.1–3.2 Quake Shakes Central Kentucky Without Damage

The tremor was linked to the Lexington Fault System, where quakes of this size are common with little risk of damage.

Etna’s Northeast Crater Sees First Paroxysms in 28 Years as Eruption Winds Down

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Magnitude-7.0 Offshore Quake Shakes Northern Taiwan With Limited Damage

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

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

CNOOC Announces Major Bohai Sea Oil Discovery at Qinhuangdao 29-6

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

Japan Sets January Deep-Sea Test to Lift Rare-Earth Mud From 6,000 Meters

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

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

Three Quakes Jolt San Ramon as USGS Revises Largest to Magnitude 4.0

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

New Study Recasts Titan’s Interior, Challenging Idea of a Global Ocean

Titan May Lack a Global Ocean, Cassini Reanalysis Points to a Slushy Interior With Isolated Water Pockets

Perseverance Cleared for Years More Mars Driving With New Push Toward 'Lac de Charmes'

Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Iberia Is Slowly Rotating Clockwise

Thick, Buoyant Rock Layer Found Beneath Bermuda Offers Answer to Island’s Long‑Lived Swell