Scientists predict tectonic forces in East Africa will split the continent and form a new ocean, transforming economies and ...

The African continent is undergoing a dramatic transformation as tectonic forces carve a path toward the formation of a new ...

The tsunami that rose from this great shifting of tectonic plates reached over 115 feet in some places and ultimately killed ...

Manila: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near General Luna, Surigao del Norte, early Saturday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of ...

New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of today's Denali Fault were once a smaller united geologic feature indicative of the final joining of two land ...

Present-Day Plate Boundaries: This model improves upon existing models, incorporating attributes from geophysical, ...

A mild earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Nepal in the early hours of Saturday, as confirmed by the Nation ...

The formation of a sixth ocean, and the tectonic shifts that lie ahead, are proof that Earth is a dynamic, ever-evolving ...

Twenty years after the deadliest wave in recorded history, most oceans have warning systems and communities have learned how best to escape the danger.

The Pacific Island nation sits on the Ring of Fire, where multiple tectonic plates clash with the Pacific Plate to cause regular shocks in the region. But the ferocity of the earthquake that ...

The largest-recorded event in the region was a magnitude-7.9 earthquake in December 1950. It comes down to where Earth's tectonic plates meet. Earth's surface is broken up into massive slabs of ...

regularly experiences seismic activity due to its position along the boundary of several tectonic plates. Air services have also been affected by the earthquake. "We'll get through this.