A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Great Falls on Thursday, briefly rattling residents and raising questions about why earthquakes occur in the region.

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A massive hidden rupture beneath the Himalayas is tearing the Earth apart, leaving scientists deeply concerned.

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A giant structure hidden deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean is giving scientists a new reason to look past the legends of the Bermuda Triangle and focus instead on what lies below the seafloor.

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Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

(Left) Schematic illustration of a kink structure. (Center) Kink bands observed in mudstone near Fort Island, Rhode Island. (Right) Large-scale kink structure in Southern California, USA. Your first ...