Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says the Myanmar quake occurred due to “strike slip faulting” between ...

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are politically and culturally European. Cuba is firmly part of Latin America, while the ...

This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation, destruction and rearrangement of the Earth’s crust and lithosphere. Water-flux melting by mantle fluids ...

Geologists attribute the city’s submergence to the local and regional faulting of the Cretan Arc. This led to tectonic plate convergence and subsequent subduction, causing Pavlopetri to sink. The ...

Volcanoes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and volcanoes and featuring case studies from ...

The 28 March magnitude 7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) earthquake caused widespread and severe damage in Myanmar and neighboring countries such as Thailand, with more than 5,000 casualties now ...

This phenomenon is linked to the remnants of the Farallon Plate, a tectonic plate subducting under North America. The process, observed in the Midwest, is slow and not expected to alter the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Myanmar lies in a seismically active region at the convergence of four tectonic plates — the Eurasian, Indian, Sunda, and Burma microplate. The constant shifting and collision of these plates ...

She noted that this would happen because the Indian tectonic plate continues to crash with the Eurasian plate beneath Myanmar. The geologist further noted that there could be hindrances in ...

New wildfire risk maps, developed by scientists at the University of Hawai‘i, are expected to better predict fire danger across the state. Unlike the current Red Flag Warning system, which ...