According to the USGS, an earthquake happens due to sudden movements of tectonic plates along fault lines that separate them.

This is great news for countries like Iceland, New Zealand or Indonesia, because they're on the fault lines of tectonic plates, so their power plants provide a constant, renewable and reliable ...

"The same physical process will take place in both cases — the explosive spring of the bent plates will release in the same ...

Scientists have discovered a subtle, slow-moving creep in lab experiments that could hold the key to predicting catastrophic earthquakes before they strike.

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Calatagan, Batangas, at 6:43 p.m. on Monday, Phivolcs reported.

The clip explains how our oceans are constantly changing due to plate tectonics. The team uses eggs which they cook underwater using a hydrothermal vent - confirming that they are on a fault line ...