These 10 U.S. states experience the highest number of earthquakes, shaking their ground quietly yet consistently, reminding ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

In the Afar Depression of East Africa, a remarkable geological transformation is unfolding, with scientists revealing that ...

Molten mantle beneath the Earth’s surface makes it way up more rapidly in regions where tectonic plates are rifting at a faster rate.

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

In astonishing new footage, Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano spews a toxic column of ash measuring around 63,000 ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

Earthquakes, volcanic activity, mountain-building, and oceanic trench formation occur along plate boundaries. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of 50–100 mm annually.