Tectonic Plates Can ‘Infect’ One Another with Earth-Shaking Subduction Zones Evidence from Earth’s deep past suggests dramatic subduction zones can spread like a contagion Evan Howell ...

The Nankai subduction zone, in southern Japan, has hosted several large magnitude 8+ earthquakes during the last three ...

A new study, resorting to computational models, predicts that a subduction zone currently below the Gibraltar Strait will propagate further inside the Atlantic and contribute to forming an ...

Additional evidence surfaced in Palawan, an island in the western Philippines, and the South China Sea. These discoveries suggest that the Pontus plate was once part of a unified tectonic system ...

Along 1,100 kilometers, from Mexico to Costa Rica, lies the Central American volcanic arc, where the variety of magma types make for a geological paradise.

A new study suggests Alaska could get 10–120 seconds of warning before major quakes, with more seismic stations adding up to ...

Around 800 million years ago, during the Tonian period, the Yangtze Block in South China experienced significant tectonic ...

João C. Duarte, Nicolas Riel, Filipe M. Rosas, Anton Popov, Christian Schuler, Boris J.P. Kaus. Gibraltar subduction zone is invading the Atlantic. Geology, 2024; DOI: 10.1130/G51654.1 ...

Splay faults exist at subduction zones bordering Ecuador, Cascadia, Chile, and Japan, suggesting they may contribute to tsunami hazards at those locations as well.