A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is splitting in two beneath Tibet, with the ...

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, known as the Indian Plate, is slowly breaking apart. Recent scientific ...

Fiber optic cable deployed on a Swiss glacier has detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice, confirming ...

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar reveals tectonic complexities, historical patterns, and potential risks for South Asia.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar near Sagaing, causing significant damage and fatalities in Myanmar and Thailand. The seismic activity resulted from the movement of the Sagaing Fault, a ...

The glossy wooden table on which the Simla Agreement was signed is kept at the Kirti Hall in the Raj Bhawan in Shimla.

Those north revealed mantle gas, marking the boundary of the intact Indian Plate sliding beneath Tibet. Yet, a group of springs south of this line, near Bhutan, oddly showed mantle helium.

Recent findings reveal that the Indian Plate is splitting into two, a phenomenon that could reshape the region’s geological landscape. Published in the American Geophysical Union, this groundbreaking ...

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

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...