A global reanalysis of both short- and long-term deformation clarifies how obliquity affects strain partitioning in convergent plate boundaries.

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Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

We began our unit by learning about different types of volcanoes and their eruption characteristics, following our unit on ...

GREENWATER, Wash. — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the ground in far east King County on Tuesday morning. The Puget Sound ...

An image analysis technique shows that crustal damage from an earthquake can extend further than expected with implications for slip rate estimates and hazard assessment.

The temblor that jolted the national capital early Monday was a result of naturally occurring variation in the geological ...

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake on Monday (Feb 17) that shook New Delhi and surrounding regions was caused by "in situ material ...

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck India’s capital, New Delhi, early Monday morning, sending tremors through the city and ...

The 4.0 magnitude earthquake felt in Delhi originated from natural geological variations, not plate tectonics, as explained ...

From late July to October 2022, residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa felt the earth shake several times a day, ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...