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There's a massive fault hidden under America's highest mountain — and we finally know how it formed
By Stephanie Pappas published
Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together.
'Every volcano has its own personality': Mystery Mount Adams earthquake surge under investigation
By Hannah Osborne published
Scientists are installing multiple temporary seismic monitoring stations to get a better understanding of the sharp increase in earthquakes recorded at Mount Adams.
Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds
By Sascha Pare published
Geologists have known for decades that gold forms in quartz with the help of earthquakes, but now they have worked out exactly how the setting and seismic waves combine to form large nuggets.
Lake Kivu: The ticking time bomb that could one day explode and unleash a massive, deadly gas cloud
By Sascha Pare published
Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water.
Will we have more earthquakes because of climate change?
By Katherine Irving published
Changes in sea level and glacial melt could make earthquakes more likely in the coming years.
Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down — and it could alter the length of our days
By Harry Baker published
A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, lengthening our days.
14 of the deadliest natural disasters in history
By Stephanie Pappas, Tiffany Means last updated
Reference The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones.
Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano hit by 150 earthquakes in just 5 hours
By Sascha Pare published
Europe's awakening Campi Flegrei volcano experienced its biggest seismic swarm in 40 years, with 150 earthquakes rocking the region in southern Italy in the evening of May 20.
Why do earthquakes happen far away from plate boundaries?
By Alice Sun published
It's well known that earthquakes can rock fault-filled places like the U.S. West Coast. But why do earthquakes happen in the middle of tectonic plates?
5 catastrophic megathrust earthquakes led to the demise of the pre-Aztec city of Teotihuacan, new study suggests
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Analyses of Teotihuacan's three major pyramids show that the city was shaken by multiple catastrophic earthquakes — and this may have led to its demise.
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