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Geologists Confirm Previously Unknown Reverse Fault Near Shively, California

Trench evidence suggests the fault has produced large earthquakes and formal analysis could change local seismic-hazard maps.

Southern California Faults at 1,000‑Year Stress High as Cajon Pass Could Let Ruptures Cross

Scientists Identify Fan-Shaped Megastructure Beneath East Antarctica

Lithospheric Drip Helped Green River Cut Through Utah’s Uinta Mountains, Study Finds

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Northern Peru

Canadian Greenstone Belt Rocks Dated to 4.16 Billion Years, Possibly Earth’s Oldest