This location is within the Mojave Desert, a region known for its seismic activity. Despite its proximity to populated areas, the quake's intensity was low, resulting in minimal disturbances.

Out in the Nevada desert, tucked away in a deep, water-filled limestone cavern, lives one of the rarest fish on the ...

When a seismologist visited the site of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes two days after the event, he noticed something strange. Pebble- to boulder-sized rocks clearly had been moved by the earthquakes ...

A small earthquake measuring magnitude 2.6 shook parts of the Victor Valley on Saturday night, April 19, 2025, at 10:50 p.m. The tremor, centered approximately 4 kilometers north-northeast of Mountain ...

There are more than 3,000 mines in San Bernardino County, and they are an attraction that can be dangerous to explorers, ...

There are more than 3,000 mines in the county, and they are an attraction that can be dangerous to explorers, officials say.

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. It would have been a much smaller version of the ...

Check out 24 of the world’s must unusual landscapes — from the hellish Darvaza Gas Crater in Turkmenistan to the “snow ...

A strong 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast has shaken the northern part of the country Friday, with some initial ...

A strong 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast has shaken the northern part of the country Friday, with some initial reports of some damages to houses.