A new geochronology of Mesozoic magmatism along the eastern margin of North America shows that continental breakup involved ...

In a remarkable turn of events, a temporary volcanic island formed and quickly vanished in the Caspian Sea. Captured by NASA ...

A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to ...

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The Kamchatka Peninsula witnessed a series of earthquakes on July 20. Located at the intersection of tectonic plates, the ...

The Kamchatka region experienced five earthquakes on Sunday, the largest measuring 7.4 in magnitude. Tsunami warnings for both Hawaii and Kamchatka were canceled shortly after.

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate has been brought back into view. In one of Earth's most tectonically ...

Tectonic map of the Philippine Sea Plate, highlighting the different microplates that formed as a result of oceanic spreading at different spreading centers.

Unraveling the Mystery: The Puzzle of Plate Tectonics The study of Greater Adria required extensive analysis due to the geological complexity of the Mediterranean region. Unlike other areas where ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

Mediterranean Basin, Middle East and North Africa, tectonic map. The plate movements between the continents Eurasia, Africa and Asia causing earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and drifting landmasses.

Earth surface is covered with rigid plates that move, crash into each other and dive into the planet's interior. But when did this process begin?