The Latest Breaking News from US Geological Survey

The mountain, which is taller than Mount Everest measured from seafloor to summit, erupted Sunday. Its lava appears to be contained, but scientists say the volcano has a history of rapidly changing.

Mauna Loa on the Big Island in the archipelago, began erupting late Sunday, putting emergency crews on alert.

Mauna Loa erupted on Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island, the US Geological Survey said, as the agency warned nearby residents to be prepared

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday's early hours, injuring at least 35 people. The shallow tremor struck about 170 kilometers east of Istanbul, the country's largest city, where it was strongly felt. National authorities said the quake was at a magnitude of 5.9 -- lower than the 6.1…

Titanium sponge, the basis for titanium metal, is lighter and tougher than steel and is essential for the aerospace industry.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has rattled the San Francisco Bay Area

While land is subsiding throughout the city, industrial water use has exacerbated the problem in one predominantly Black and Vietnamese area

The risk-taking geologist who discovered a giant Alaska oil field in 2013 that companies had long overlooked is taking another stab at exploration drilling on the North Slope, this time on federal land west of existing development.

Rescuers scoured through rubble for hundreds of missing people in parts of southwestern China on Tuesday after an earthquake killed more than 60, as local weather services warned rain was set to inundate the area. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers (26 miles) southeast of the city of…

The 43-inch cottonmouth consumed the 39-inch python in the Florida Everglades

MANILA: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, shattering windows of buildings at the epicentre and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres away in the capital Manila.