Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

Silfra Fissure in Iceland, located in Þingvellir National Park, offers a unique opportunity to swim or snorkel between the ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

Southern California is seismically active due to its location on tectonic plate boundaries, having experienced major quakes like the 1994 Northridge event. A strong but shallow earthquake with a ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of earthquakes. The boundary between the two plates is called the Saigang Fault.