The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...
This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...
Volcanoes and earthquakes are both natural phenomena driven by the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s interior and surface.
Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...
A scientist has warned that an area of East Africa could break away from the ... "You'll be feeling earthquakes, you'll be seeing volcanoes erupt, but you won't see the ocean intrude in our ...
While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all have shuffled off our mortal coils by then, the effects Professor Macdonald ...
As they pull apart, crash together and slide past each other, these plates irritate volcanoes and cause earthquakes. Eastern Africa is perched on the Somalia plate which has been pulling away from ...
The earthquakes have also sparked fears of volcanic ... Read more: Tracking the hazards -- and benefits -- of volcanoes in East Africa Ethiopia has around 50 active volcanoes.