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

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday.

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Is there a pattern as to where the earthquakes happen? Can students map this to the plate boundary maps? Students could compare the impacts of the two earthquakes studied in the video and divide t ...

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.

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

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 ...

The state's segment of Orogenesis, a bikepacking route from B.C. to the tip of Baja, was just unveiled. When complete, it ...

Plate tectonics ... oceanic ridge thus made a triumphal entry into tectonics, and became, on a stroke, the most important structure in the world,” he wrote. This was the early 1960s, however ...