Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

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Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic ...

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake jolted Calatagan town in Batangas province on Monday afternoon, June 30, the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) ...

While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

Deep within the Earth’s mantle, rhythmic pulses of hot lava are emerging on the surface, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that's beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to separate.

The huge column of hot rock, known as a mantle plume or a 'ghost plume', which rises from deep inside the earth beneath ...