The earthquake, which was part of a series of deep aftershocks, struck hundreds of miles beneath Japan's Bonin Islands, ... In this layer, the earthen-hued mineral bridgmanite dominates, ...

At 1:51 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake that lasted less than a minute shook Mineral, Louisa, Bumpass and Cuckoo, causing millions of dollars of damage to schools, ...

The key to understanding these deep earthquakes lies in a phenomenon known as the metastable olivine wedge (MOW). Olivine, a ...

Almost 3,000 kilometers underground, a seismic mystery has been solved as earthquake waves anomalous behavior is finally ...

Earthquakes may be the key. ... Much of the world’s gold is mined from natural veins of quartz, a glassy mineral that streaks through large chunks of Earth’s squashed-up crust.

Five years after a strong earthquake rocked central Virginia and the eastern seaboard, a geologist says the state has made efforts to improve the understanding and preparation for earthquakes. A ...

In 2011, an earthquake near Mineral, Virginia, about 50 miles from Richmond, became the most widely felt earthquake in U.S. history, the USGS said.

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Gold naturally forms in quartz — the second-most abundant mineral in Earth's crust after feldspar. But unlike other types of gold deposits, those found in quartz often cluster into giant nuggets .