geology topix

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake has rattled the Mexico-California border region. The quake was felt the strongest in the border city of Mexicali.

The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency today released a report, Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA , which presents the findings of a two-year study on the impact of a ...

Turkey will explore natural gas in Iraq together with multinational energy company in the near future, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

In what seems to be a chilling real-life enactment of some sequences from the gore-filled Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, a former chief of the State-owned Tamilnadu Minerals Limited and his wife were found murdered along ...

Four intriguing places on Mars have risen to the final round as NASA selects a landing site for its next Mars mission, the Mars Science Laboratory.

VANCOUVER, Nov. 17 /CNW/ - Mirasol Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the discovery of extensions to the Morena gold prospect and the start of a 1,700 metre scout drill program at its 100% owned Joaquin high ...

NORTH COUNTY: Two small earthquakes struck within hours of each other yesterday morning in a remote area of the Cleveland National Forest north of Palomar Mountain.

A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude and at a depth of 30 miles struck Panama overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Wednesday.

By TELLY NATHALIA JAKARTA, Indonesia a ' A powerful earthquake struck an area off Indonesiaa TMs northern Sulawesi early on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring nearly 40 after hundreds of houses ...

An air strike killed four Palestinians on Sunday as they were firing mortars at Israel, the latest in a surge of clashes that have rocked a 5-month-old truce between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers.

This 3D map superimposes gamma-ray data from Mars Odyssey's Gamma-Ray Spectrometer onto topographic data from the laser altimeter onboard the Mars Global Surveyor.

An Associated Press examination of records found that rock falls in and around 600-cabin Curry Village have been happening more frequently in the past several years, with two people killed and about two dozen ...

Officials on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation are partnering with a Denver-based company in looking for oil on reservation lands along the Rocky Mountain Front.

ONE way of helping to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is to pump the gas into underground caverns or old oil fields.

TEMECULA, Calif. - A moderate earthquake struck early Monday in a remote area of the Cleveland National Forest in northern San Diego County.

Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock Big One an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone ...

A major earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Sunday, destroying houses and setting off a tsunami warning.

Federal scientists have concluded that Alaska's North Slope holds one of the nation's largest deposits of recoverable natural gas in the form of gas hydrates, a finding that could open a major new front in ...

Beneath: a bed of soft sand pressing damp and firm against shoulder blades. Above: a glittering sky, starry pinpoints against unlimited black, deep as time.

An aftershock of magnitude 4.8 hit southwest China early Sunday, shaking a region that was devastated in the Wenchuan earthquake in May, the US Geological Survey and Chinese state media reported.