For years, Mars has sat in an awkward middle ground, too geologically quiet to look like Earth. At the same time, it is too ...

LOS ANGELES >> Stress on the San Andreas Fault system has reached a 1,000-year high, according to new research from the ...

Do you know why there are no earthquakes on Mars? It’s because they’re called “marsquakes” (sorry).

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Widespread rescue missions for survivors have continued after devastating earthquakes rocked Venezuela. Nearly 50,000 people ...

Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 700, officials said. Buildings collapsed across the capital Caracas, forcing residents into the streets.

California isn’t exactly where it used to be. Here’s how earthquakes have gradually reshaped the state over time.

The movement of the tectonic plates influences the movement of Earth's continents. The Earth we see today, about 336 million years ago, was only one supercontinent known as Pangea. In this article, we ...

The Earth’s crust is constantly changing. It’s currently made of many huge rock slabs called tectonic plates—seven major ones along with many more smaller plates—that fit together like puzzle pieces ...

The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the ...

The arid hills of Western Australia’s Pilbara region contain the earliest evidence yet of tectonic plates sliding across Earth’s surface. Tiny magnetic crystals locked in the bedrock recorded the ...

Many people imagine Earth’s interior mantle as separate layers stacked on top of each other, like a layered cake, with each layer representing a plate. In reality, those internal zones are complex and ...