New findings provide a greater understanding of plate subduction, or how tectonic plates slide beneath one another. This recycling of surface materials and volatile elements deep into the Earth's ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

Myanmar is considered to be one of the most geologically "active" areas in the world because it sits on top of the ...

An earthquake is extremely destructive if it occurs shallow in the Earth's crust and near population centres - Friday's earthquake in Myanmar did both.

The Earth's crust is broken up into several pieces called tectonic plates, which fit together like a jigsaw ... In regions of ...

The earthquake's destructive power stems from an enormous tectonic fault running through the middle of the country, according ...

Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...

A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, causing damage and casualties across the country and in neighbouring ...

Data by the United States Geological Survey has produced a horrifying map which shows the extent of an earthquake in Myanmar ...

The quake hit 10 miles from Mandalay, Myanmar, and tremors reached Thailand. At least 144 people died, Myanmar’s military ...