It is highly prone to earthquakes due to its location on the boundary of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

近日，在壮丽的新疆阿克苏地区，库车市于3月25日下午16时15分发生了一次3.2级地震。这一震动源自21千米的深处，震中位于北纬41.19度，东经83.79度，令人警觉的同时也引发了对地质活动的关注。

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

The seismic event highlights Myanmar's vulnerability to earthquakes, largely due to its location along the Sagaing Fault, a ...

在3月11日晚22时08分，南美洲的巴西发生了一次震撼心灵的5.7级地震。根据中国地震台网的最新数据，该地震的震源深度达670千米，震中位于南纬10.50度、西经70.60度的区域。这一地震在地质上引人关注，尤其是在如此深的层面上，其震动所带来的地表影响和地球内部运动引发了许多科学家的探讨。

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.

Scientists say the South Island quake region is still “very poorly understood” despite continued warnings of the high ...

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by ...

Scientists have long been puzzled by volcanoes that erupt far from the edges of tectonic plates—known as intraplate volcanoes ...