Two massive continents are on a silent crash course—and the impact could rewrite Earth’s future.

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.

Salameh, E. and Yaseen, M. (2025) Structural Elements and Seismic Activity in Jordan and Its Levant Surroundings. Journal of ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Two earthquakes hit the area between Fiji and New Zealand on April 14 morning. The first quake measured 6.5, and the second ...

Greenland is present on the North American tectonic plate, as per experts. For tens of millions of years, this plate has ...

Farallon slab linked to crust loss under Midwest, says seismic study Crust thinning traced to deep Farallon slab 660km below ...

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

It is often said that humanity has explored outer space more extensively than the depths of the oceans—but a team funded by ...

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 ...

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 ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics. Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.