Plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth’s crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought—and may be a big ...

Earthquakes are most common along fault lines, which are fractures that allow the plates to move. Earthquakes occur when two ...

"The Moho is a really interesting boundary for seismologists because it tells us what's happening within and between tectonic ...

It is where three tectonic plates meet and the Northwest’s Cascadia subduction zone and California’s San Andreas Fault system ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer layer is made up of plates, which have moved throughout Earth's history. The theory explains the how and why behind mountains, volcanoes ...

In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 4 billion years ago, plate tectonics likely looked closer to what we ...

More than 200 aftershocks have been reported since a 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California.

A huge crack has appeared in Africa and experts have said that it will lead to the world gaining another ocean.

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to earthquakes and volcanoes forming. Inner core The inner core is 2900 km below the Earth’s surface, in the centre of the Earth, and is the hottest ...

The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people along long stretch of the West Coast — from Northern California ...