"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is one of Earth's natural wonders, carved out over millions of years by the gradual erosion power ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

These tectonic plates are in continuous motion, and when one plate is pushed under another, it is called "subduction." These processes play a crucial role in shaping the Earth's landmasses, including ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...