The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust ... like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet. Tectonic plates move - usually very slowly - and this broke Pangaea up into ...

A security camera near Thazi, Myanmar, captured the earth cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in March.

A video going around the Internet at the moment in geologist circles appears to show what might be the first ever fault ...

It's really kind of unsettling,' Professor Vidale told Live Science ... The Earth is moving under our feet: Tectonic plates move through the mantle and produce Earthquakes as they scrape ...

For example, right from the beginning, it explains what tectonic plates are and why they move; interestingly, the explanation feels like someone telling you a story — mentioning how continents ...

The frequent seismic activities are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this area ... Many communities live within or near the Ring of Fire, attracted by fertile lands and abundant resources.

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath Earth's surface, some faults move in near ...

The finding demonstrates that plate ... movements before 3 billion years ago," study co-author Timothy Kusky, director of the Center for Global Tectonics at the China University of Geosciences ...

Scientists have unearthed Greater Adria, a lost continent the size of Greenland, hidden beneath Southern Europe for 140 ...

Earth’s crust is divided into huge, rigid tectonic plates that move across its surface. Their slow motion powers earthquakes, fuels volcanoes, and drives the endless reshaping of continents.

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic ... movement. You often find geological features like rift valleys, volcanos and geysers in areas where plates ...