Sometimes these plates slide alongside each other at what are called transform plate boundaries ... coast of North, Central and South America. The Ring of Fire exists where the Pacific Plate, which ...

For centuries, the world has accepted the idea that Earth is divided into seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America. However, a recent study is ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.

George Town [Cayman Islands], February 9 (ANI): An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude on Richter Scale jolted the Cayman Islands Region on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology said.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the Pacific Coast Tuesday, generating shaking felt as far as Washington state - 375 ...

Australia is moving north towards Asia at 2.8 inches per year. This gradual shift could cause significant geological changes ...

and near the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The North America plate moves in a west-southwest direction at about 20 mm ...

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates ... sits between the North American which is sliding south, and the Pacific plate, which is sliding ...

Sometimes last month feels like a long time ago, but considering our planet, the long perspective can really help.

With an agricultural history stretching back thousands of years thanks to the native Salinan tribe, Paso Robles became a ...