Not all mountains in the Yellowstone region are volcanic in origin. The Wind River Range, southeast of Yellowstone National ...

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

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 ...

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

The effects of ocean chlorophyll on the mode water subduction rate in the subtropical mode water (STMW) and central mode water (CMW) in Pacific Ocean are investigated by performing two ocean-only ...

This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, per initial reports.

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

The Pacific Northwest typically ... a large area but are less intense. Subduction zone earthquakes: This earthquake results from the tension of an oceanic plate slipping beneath a continental ...

Current local time in Auckland (Pacific/Auckland timezone). Get information about the Pacific/Auckland time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable) ...

The new study reveals that the African plate and the Pacific plate have different chemical compositions and ages, parting ways with the old study, which proposed they are both similar in composition.