A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Plate tectonics may have played a larger role in the evolution of life on Earth than we ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes, and ...

We are looking at the realistic prospect of a president and taoiseach in Dublin who are prepared to jointly push for ...

The continents are in constant motion: Tectonic plates crash together and break apart, creating new crust while old crust is pulled below the surface. The process shrinks and widens oceans, uplifts ...

PETALING JAYA, Selangor – A 3.5-magnitude tremor was recorded off the waters of Batu Pahat in Johor at 9.04am on Sept 27. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), the tremor ...

The Teton Fault System Creates the Foundation The Teton Fault began moving approximately 10 million years ago, triggering a ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

Seismology is the study of stress and changes in stress within the Earth and other planetary bodies, particularly earthquakes caused by slip and rupture along faults and by magmatic activity. The ...