An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 shook San Francisco on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The ...

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Many San Franciscans were jolted by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake that struck just after 7 a.m. Friday. The epicenter of the quake was detected near the San Francisco Zoo, according to preliminary data ...

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region on January 7 killed at least 126 people, with the tremor also ...

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Axial Seamount doesn’t pose a threat to humans, but observing what happens before and after its potential eruption could help ...

A map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that 222 possible non-native species had the potential to spread in Georgia and ...

Many hands have been wrung over Yellowstone National Park's supervolcano, which has the power to deliver global catastrophe ...

At least 95 people have died and "many buildings" have collapsed, following the quake in the magnitude 7 range, according to ...

President-elect Donald Trump suggested renaming the Gulf of Mexico after the U.S. But can he really do that? Here's how place ...