Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

Earthquakes happen every day all over the world, along both tectonic plate edges and interiors. Earthquakes occur along faults, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move ...

researchers recorded surprising micro-earthquakes deep beneath the axis of the equatorial Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), a region of slow spreading. These tremors, detected between 6 and 12 miles (10-20 km ...

Volcanoes and earthquakes are both natural phenomena driven by the dynamic processes that shape Earth’s interior and surface. The outermost layer of Earth, the lithosphere, is composed of solid ...

The quake took place on the Sagaing Fault, which runs north to south through the centre of Myanmar, and is prone to ...

Earthquakes begin underits Earth's surface ... The crust and top of the mantle make up another area called the "lithosphere," which acts like a skin surrounding the Earth's surface.

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic ... called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.) ...

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ...