SONOMA COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.3 magnitude quake occurred near Kenwood Sunday night.

Further examinations revealed that electricity generated during earthquakes could form nuggets inside quartz veins, according to Earth.com. This process happens due to piezoelectricity, which causes ...

The extreme catastrophic nature of earthquakes is known for centuries due to resulted devastation in many of them. The abruptness along with apparent ...

Previously, the prevailing theory was that gold was carried by hot fluids flowing through fractures in rock. However, ...

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck near Kenwood Sunday ...

Most earthquakes occur when a geological fault, a fracture within the Earth’s crust, slips and releases energy. Individual faults, some of which form the tectonic plate boundaries, build up strain ...

Since early November, a series of earthquakes with a magnitude between 2-3 has been occurring in the southern region of ...

When an earthquake strikes, humans duck and cover. But elephants get in formation. African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family members in ...

Campers in the Esterhazy, Sask., area were shaken after an earthquake and a snowstorm came through during the Thanksgiving weekend.