Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the ...
Earth's surface is covered by more than a dozen tectonic plates, and in subduction zones around the world—including the Japanese Islands—plates ...
(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...
Today at about 11.30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east. Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny quakes help scientists map hidden faults where the San Andreas meets Cascadia, reshaping quake hazard estimates. (CREDIT: ...
University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth during the age of dinosaurs, challenging existing theories about Earth's interior structure.
The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.
An international research group led by Dr. Takayuki Ishii from HPSTAR and Okayama University, Institute for Planetary Materials, in collaboration with colleagues from Bayerisches Geoinstitut, ...
Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County at the Mendocino Triple Junction. It is where the San Andreas fault system ...