"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The ...

An ocean may in time develop from a rift in the Afar Triangle, in the Horn of Africa which will be close to America.

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.