Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

But how much do we know about earthquakes and what causes them? Any explanation about earthquakes should begin with tectonic plates. They cover the surface of the Earth. Imagine a hard-boiled egg ...

Schools in these countries practise what to do if an earthquake happens ... for KS2 pupils on the movement of Earth's tectonic plates - the cause of earthquakes and volcanoes - and what can ...

The quake must also fracture the Earth's surface but at no more than 70 kilometers deep, and it must cause vertical ... during the earthquakes. As two tectonic plates mash into each other, one ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?