Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Maine is not typically associated with significant seismic activity, making Monday's earthquake all the more unusual. Most ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, early Monday, sending tremors as far south as Boston and as far ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Scientists from Utrecht University have discovered two enormous structures deep in Earth's mantle, suggesting that these ...