Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for ...

Each year, National Earthquake Information Center locates ... These are called "tectonic plates." As the tectonic plates move and shift past one another, they occasionally bump or collide.

Within just a few million years, the continental plates begin to bend and squish toward each other. Around 200 million years ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...

The earthquake, caused by the tectonic plates shifting in the Pacific Ring of Fire, was found to have a depth of 47 miles. The quake was so strong that those in neighboring Argentina felt the ...

After devastating earthquakes, it’s common to see discussion ... how Earth’s surface is under strain and moving as tectonic plates shift. These forecasts typically provide not just the ...

iStock / Getty Images Plus Earthquakes are caused by the sudden shifting of tectonic plates against one another, resulting in large amounts of energy being released as seismic waves through the Earth.

Climate doesn’t cause earthquakes — they’re caused by tectonic plates shifting. This woman is a moron,” said Conservative commentator Paul Szypula. Kyle Mann, the editor-in-chief of ...

Earthquakes, caused by the shifting of Earth’s tectonic plates, have the potential to transform the face of the world. Now, for the first time, scientists have evidence that earthquakes can ...