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

Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday triggered tsunami warnings for Cuba and the Cayman Islands and ...

A popular spot in America for tourists is also a hotspot for earthquakes with a number of projects underway to future-proof ...

A Tsunami Advisory was in effect for Puerto Rico and nearby islands after a powerful earthquake struck between Honduras and ...

New study questions whether the continents, North America and Europe, ever completely split apart tens of millions of years ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island formed 15 ...

It extends from the east coasts of Asia and Australia, across Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic, to the west coast of North America ... a funnel effect as tectonic plates collided and ground ...