Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

Here's what to know about earthquake activity and what causes the phenomenon. Earthquakes occur when the plates that make up the Earth's crust move around. These plates, called tectonic plates ...

far from any active plate boundary. The earthquake was thus not expected here (see diagram below). Although continental Palawan is barely moving, it is being pushed by the mobile sections of the ...

On Thursday, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Hyuga ... where the Philippine Sea Plate and the Eurasian Plate meet. This schematic diagram shows the Nankai Trough, which forms a trench ...

“Our new model for tectonic plates better explains the spatial distribution of 90 per cent of earthquakes and 80 per cent of volcanoes from the past two million years, whereas existing models ...

It was the strongest in the region since 1960. Typically, large earthquakes occur where tectonic plates meet and push against each other, which was not the case for the Al Haouz earthquake.

When those plates catch and stick, they build up a vast reserve of energy which is then released in a violent 'slip-strike' earthquake, as has happened this morning. The earthquakes from this ...

A seamount sitting on a subducting tectonic plate off the coast of Japan and plowing its way into Earth's mantle may be at the root of several magnitude 7 earthquakes in the past 40 years.

Seismological experts told The Washington Post that the lack of recent earthquakes along that fault and the northward movement of the Arabian plate led to pent-up strain in the region, which ...

Points are overlaid on the map showing the locations of major earthquakes in the region since 1900. Eurasian Plate Bulgaria North Anatolian Fault Istanbul The 7.8-magnitude earthquake at 4:17 a.m ...

Friction from the plates has been responsible for very damaging earthquakes in the past. On 13 August 1822 it caused an earthquake registering 7.4 in magnitude, significantly less than the 7.8 ...