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

Research indicates that the rifts are being pulled apart by magma deep within the surface of the Earth, and that some parts ...

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A scientist has explained what happens during an underwater volcanic eruption looks like as Axial Seamount on the Pacific ...

according to USA Today. Tectonic plate movement is responsible for a wide array of geographical features on Earth. Plates pulling apart from one another create phenomena like volcanoes ...

Volcanoes are among nature’s most powerful forces — breathtaking yet potentially catastrophic. According to a visual produced ...

DILLWYN, Va. — A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck southern California near Julian, a town close to the US-Mexico border, originating at a depth of eight miles. The quake, followed by aftershocks, caused no ...

More news about our planet: Sign up for USA TODAY's Climate Point newsletter. The earth we stand on ‒ the ground, not the planet Earth ‒ sits atop large masses known as tectonic plates.

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, prompting tsunami ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...