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

Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth's interior Sep 28, 2024 Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

But how do they form and why are they concentrated there? (A) Diagram of a subduction zone illustrating the transfer of gold and sulfur from the subducting slab through the mantle to the upper crust ...

The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the Pacific plate drops westward under the Australian plate. It sits just off the east coast of the North Island. Subduction zones generate the largest ...

While this causes “strike slip” quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Indonesia’s Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can ...

While this causes "strike slip" quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in "subduction zones" like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can still reach magnitudes of ...

While this causes “strike slip” quakes that are normally less powerful than those seen in “subduction zones” like Sumatra, where one plate slides under another, they can still reach ...

The agency said the earthquake was caused by the Sagaing Fault, a major fault line located 1,200 km east of the Indo-Burma subduction zone. The energy from the earthquake spread toward Bangkok ...