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 ...

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

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

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

But none of these plate boundaries are static ... to the formation of the volcanoes observed in many subduction zones around the Pacific 'ring of fire', including the North Island of New Zealand ...

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

Big subduction zone earthquakes can release the same amount of energy as tens of thousands of atomic bombs. The famous San Andreas Fault in California is between the North American Plate and the ...

The region is situated where the Philippine Sea Plate is sandwiched between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate ... finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend ...

Thursday's morning earthquake follows several other seismic events that have shaken western Washington. A 3.4 magnitude ...