July 2, 2018
The Paleo-Bell River: North America's vanished Amazon
By middle school, most students have learned that the Amazon River is the mightiest of Earth’s rivers. Its mean discharge to the ocean of about …
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August 16, 2016
Peeling North American Plate causing East Coast earthquakes
On Aug. 23, 2011, a magnitude-5.8 earthquake struck near Mineral, Va., shaking the Piedmont region and damaging several historic buildings in …
January 5, 2012
Large earthquake rattles Baja California
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck northern Baja California, Mexico, at about 3:40 p.m. local time Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological …