Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...
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Earthquake of magnitude 6 jolts Santa Cruz
"This area experiences much plate movement as Santa Cruz Island "has upper plate strike-slip and normal faulting, plate boundary under-thrusting, outer rise extensional faulting, and intraplate ...
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South Carolina had over 200 earthquakes in the last 15 years. Scientists still don't know why.
Worldwide, the majority of earthquakes occur at plate boundaries — where pieces of ... In South Carolina the cause of the intraplate earthquakes is not so clear. From 2011 to 2024 South Carolina ...
The Courier-Mail17d
How ancient geological fault may be behind Townsville’s largest recorded earthquake
Earthquakes are common along the red lines that are the plate boundaries. Picture ... Waszek said what North Queenslanders felt was an ‘intraplate earthquake’, which was only 10km below ...
The Toowoomba Chronicle17d
How ancient geological fault may be behind Townsville’s largest recorded earthquake
Earthquakes are common along the red lines that are the plate boundaries. Picture ... Dr Waszek said what North Queenslanders felt was an ‘intraplate earthquake’, which was only 10km below the surface ...