Africa is slowly drifting apart along the East African Rift System, and researchers suspect this tectonic movement would ...

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown proto-microcontinent, the Davis Strait proto microcontinent, beneath the ...

Fault lines exist within tectonic plates, as well. These intraplate faults can cause earthquakes far away from plate ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

On New Year's Day 2024, a massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in north central Japan, resulting in ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...