Expert urges quake preparedness for Karachi, says city sits near three-plate junction and multiple fault lines ...

In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout of geological bumper cars that over time has sculpted the soaring ...

Map of Earth's principal tectonic plates. Earth's lithosphere. Major and minor plates. arrows indicate direction of movement at plate boundaries. Vector illustration. Billions of years ago, Earth's ...

New data shows how the approach of the African and Eurasian plates is forcing displacement that will eventually close the ...

The Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal, is rotating clockwise, a recent study based on ...

A video of a California woman exploring a place where you can physically walk between two shifting tectonic plates has captivated viewers on TikTok. The clip of the rare geological wonder, which was ...

For decades scientists have been trying to understand the geologic forces driving the creation of the Himalayas, the worlds tallest mountain chain. A new study from an international team of scientist ...

A new active fault system has been discovered off the coast of Portugal, which scientists believe could be the first signs of an eventual convergence of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates ...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Nepal on Sunday morning, National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. In a post on X, NCS ...

Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever "megaquake advisory" last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main island of ...