A hiker's pack usually gets lighter over time as they plow through trail mix and water, but Annika Dechert likes to joke that ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — This week, we travel along the coast near Newport to learn more about Oregon’s rocky history, where 12-million-years of geologic history is written in the rocks. South Beach ...

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck off the Oregon coast Thursday.It happened just before 5 p.m.The U.S. Geological Survey said ...

Some may remember the Japan tsunami that struck the coast of Oregon in 2011.Dozens of boats were found smashed up against ...

THE present short article is a reversion to an aspect of the subject of geologic time which I had thought to be settled, and to require no further research or controversy. In my review of Mr ...

There are 35 large Archean cratons around the world that form the geologic core of tectonic plates. Because they’re located ...

Cordón Caulle is a great place to study the interconnectedness of geohazards, Ruprecht said, because all these hazards come ...

A new method provides highly accurate continental-scale landslide susceptibility maps that are being used in the aftermath of ...

is believed to have been created by an impact around 142 million years ago. Geological evidence suggests that the world's largest known impact structure is buried in the desert of Australia.

The U.S. Geological Survey is asking anyone who experienced the Oct. 17, 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake to report in on the ...

The temblor was 32 miles south-southwest of Dana Point, 32.5 miles from San Clemente, and 34.9 miles from Laguna Beach, ...

The Department of Geological Sciences offers Master of Science (MS) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degree programs. Students interested in graduate work in the geological sciences should carefully read the ...