A giant crack in the heart of the Great Rift Valley Since 2005, the Great Rift Valley region, at the junction of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, has been undergoing a dramatic transformation. A fissure ...

In the north, the Great Rift Valley broadens into a funnel-shaped saline plain. The Denakil Depression, a large, triangle-shaped basin that in places is 115 meters below sea level, is one of the ...

The area falls within a geologically active region of the Great Rift Valley that has experienced a number of earthquakes and volcanic events in the last 800 years. Two major volcanic eruptions ...

Africa's Great Rift is one of the few places on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity, with the Somali and Nubian plates moving apart. This process is how the Atlantic Ocean ...

The trio is located in Ethiopia's Great Rift Valley, around 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of the country's capital, Addis Ababa. Related: 12 amazing images of Earth from space.

The Ethiopian Rift Valley Lakes are of great importance to Ethiopia's economy, as well as being essential to the survival of the local people. The Rift Valley varies mostly between 600 and 900 ...

Local media reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Ethiopian Rift Valley (an extension of the Great Rift Valley). Ethiopia previously experienced a 4.4 magnitude earthquake ...

A European Union satellite was the first to detect methane in the region around Mount Fentale, an active volcano in the Great Rift valley about 120 kilometres east of Ethiopia’s largest city ...

The epicenter was located in the Ethiopian Rift Valley (an extension of the Great Rift Valley).” He continued, “This series of earthquakes began on September 27 with a magnitude of 4.9. Within eight ...

Earthquakes are common in Ethiopia due to its location along the Great Rift Valley, one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.