Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth's mantle may be the ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...

March 28, 2025 – Myanmar Earthquake (M7.7): This earthquake occurred due to strike-slip faulting along the India-Eurasia plate boundary. The rupture likely took place on the right-lateral ...

“The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country,” said Professor Joanna Faure Walker, an earthquake ...

The ones that brought Myanmar and major Thai cities such as Bangkok — a key tourism hub — to a standstill appear to have originated from the region along the Sagaing Fault, an important tectonic ...

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A Nankai Trough megaquake is expected to strike along the boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate. But the Jan. 22 temblor occurred inside the oceanic plate, which lies at a ...