In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity beneath a long-dormant volcano.

His turf lies below the surface of the Earth in the limestone caves of South Africa's Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World ...

A tsunami struck a fjord in East Greenland in 2023, ringing seismometers for nine straight days. A new satellite study ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it cracks and an ocean basin begins.

By analyzing forty deep earthquakes around the world, researchers discover the key role of a dual mechanism that allows earthquakes to grow larger and release more stress.

Authorities say the death toll from severe floods that inundated parts of South Africa’s rural Eastern Cape province two ...

Fact: The Pacific contains more than 50% of the Earth’s free water and experiences the most tectonic activity, leading to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. 2. Atlantic Ocean ...

In the age of climate extremes, Earth is sending signals we can now decode. Across South Africa, scientists have noticed an unusual phenomenon: the land is rising. This isn’t a minor wobble or a ...

Sauropod tracks identified by the researchers. Credit: Guy Plint / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Scientists have discovered South Africa’s youngest known dinosaur tracks along the remote coastline of the Western ...

The East African Rift - a huge crack in the Earth’s surface - is at the centre of this activity, which stretches from Mozambique in the south to the Red Sea in the north.

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The massive Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island. The giant wall of water killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa.