A bubbling mud pool called the Niland Geyser, affectionately known as the “Slow One,” has recently started moving again after decades of inactivity, and is also curiously ambling along in the same ...

The San Andreas fault begins its dangerous dance through California at the Salton Sea, at a spot that seismologists long have feared could be the epicenter of a massive earthquake. But in recent ...

The Niland Geyser—a mud spring unlike any other—has been shifting westward for years. As of 2024, it’s undermining the original Highway 111 and encroaching on vital infrastructure, despite engineers’ ...

A gurgling, foul-smelling muddy spring is creeping across Southern California — and scientists worry it could destroy everything in its path. “It’s a slow-moving disaster,” Alfredo Estrada, Imperial ...

A mysterious, bubbling mud geyser is on the move in Southern California, flirting dangerously close to railroad tracks, Highway 111 and some very expensive optic cables, like a geologic poltergeist, ...

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA - Sunday morning, a preliminary 2.0 magnitude quake was detected close to Niland, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A tremor shook the area at 9:57 a.m. The earthquake's ...