In September 2025, scientists captured a phenomenon never before seen in real time: a tectonic plate actively tearing apart ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Have you ever wondered how the Earth moves and forms? Well today, the Galena Creek Visitor Center may be the place to get answers! From 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. this Saturday ...

Earth’s outer shell suffered a catastrophic break on 6 February last year, when a major fault came to life in southern Turkey. The Anatolian peninsula suddenly lurched to the southwest by as much as ...

Structural geology is the discipline devoted to the study of rock deformation and the resulting features – such as folds, faults, joints and other discontinuities – that record the history of tectonic ...

With tectonic plates bumping and grinding against each other, Earth is a pretty active planet. But when did this activity begin? A new study from Yale University claims to have found evidence that ...

Scientists studying rocks in South Africa report evidence for the earliest known earthquake triggered by plate tectonics. The temblor struck more than 3 billion years ago. The rocks preserve telltale ...