A hidden shard of ancient crust has been detected where California’s San Andreas system collides with the Cascadia subduction ...

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

Geoscientists have discovered a new process in plate tectonics which shows that tremendous damage occurs to areas of Earth's crust long before it should be geologically altered by known plate-boundary ...

Tremors beneath Northern California show hidden plate movement, helping scientists better understand where future big ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Invisible earthquakes are revealing a hidden tectonic puzzle beneath California’s most dangerous fault zone.

This groundbreaking research offers a comprehensive reconstruction of Earth’s tectonic evolution from 1.8 Ga to the present, bridging critical gaps in pre-Pangean plate dynamics. By merging three ...

Tiny earthquakes have revealed potentially deadly hidden faults beneath California. By tracking swarms of very small tremors, ...

Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep inside the Earth's mantle. These plate remains were found lurking underneath the center of other continental plates, far from ...