Just before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck the town of Wyndham just outside of Richmond, the United ...

The China earthquake struck hours after a 3.1-magnitude earthquake was reported in California on January 6, according to the ...

The USGS said the earthquake's epicenter was about 1 kilometer from the town of Wyndham, near Short Pump and Glen Allen.

In a troubling trend of increased earthquake reports, another quake was reported in a town near San Antonio. A 2.1 Magnitude ...

Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's desert and another near the Oregon border.

The Interior inspector general has said the U.S. Geological Survey had uncovered "three serious incidents of scientific ...

A report released on Tuesday finds that the Great Salt Lake needs a big water boost every year because of looming factors in ...

Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated -- at least 81 ...

In this piece TASS FACTBOX editors review the international legal status of this region. The Arctic is the northern polar region of the Earth, including the outskirts of the continents of Eurasia and ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

A nearly 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Japan on Monday with no reports of damage to the two nuclear power plants in the area ...