Off the rugged north coast of California, one of the most seismically volatile corners of the United States is yielding a new ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

Three huge tectonic plates meet at the Mendocino triple junction off the coast of northern California, and a new study ...

Seismologists Discover Hidden Faults Beneath One of the U.S.'s Biggest Earthquake Hotspots ...

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines. A subduction fault is when two plates have different densities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Mendocino Triple ...

It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home ...

The 2.5 million sq km plateau, averaging over 4,500 m elevation, spans China, India, Nepal and more. Formed by India's crash into Eurasia, it challenges classic plate tectonics.

The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the Pacific Ring of Fire. TORONTO, ON – New research led by a team of ...

The Carrizo Plains provides good visibility of the San Andreas Fault in southern California. On Earth, the motion along faults is driven by plate tectonics, powered by convection of the planet’s ...