Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, shaped by the slow but powerful movement of tectonic plates. While some plates have ...

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

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

Electrical resistivity data reveal that subduction-zone fluids exert an important influence on deformation in the region. Where the Earth's tectonic plates meet, they interact in complex ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully ...

Groundbreaking research refines China’s Ordovician paleogeography, revealing microcontinents as pivotal players in Earth’s ...

A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

Oceans are not necessarily a permanent fixture on Earth, as they are able to appear and close due to the work of plate tectonics. More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip ...

The 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:18 p.m. on the Olympic Peninsula, according to the United States Geological Survey.

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...