A new shark study that reveals the predators spend nearly half of their time at shallow depths along the Cape is “really powerful” data that helps drive home the message that sharks may prowl near ...

The earthquake in Turkey that killed more than 3,100 people and set off a series of aftershocks ruptured on a shallow fault line just over 11 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, making it one of the ...

A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan just before midnight local time on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several aftershocks ...

An unusually shallow earthquake triggered by hydraulic fracturing in a Chinese shale gas field could change how experts view the risks of fracking for faults that lie very near the Earth's surface. An ...

An international team of research scientists has reported greater knowledge of how gas hydrate deposits form in nature, subsequent to a scientific ocean-drilling expedition off Canada’s western coast.

Earthquakes often bring to mind images of destruction, of the Earth breaking open and altering landscapes. But after an earthquake, the area around it undergoes a period of post-seismic deformation, ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. (WAVY) – N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division announced on Wednesday that it will be reducing services on the Pamlico Sound Ferry due to critical shoaling issues in the ...