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 ...

A University of Michigan study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...