New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Earthquakes remain one of nature’s most terrifying forces. While we still can’t predict them, science has advanced in identifying where they’re most likely to occur. Our planet’s crust is made of ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

New evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and too ...

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

A tectonic clash in Tibet formed giant copper deposits, revealing how recycled crust can power clean energy and reshape ...

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

Scientists are warning that a 100-foot, Doomsday-style mega tsunami is primed to hit the US West Coast at any moment – and ...

An international study has revealed how continental collisions may have supercharged the Earth's richest deposits of copper, ...

CORE3, Central Oregon Ready Responsive Resilient, a project creating a dedicated multi-agency coordination center for ...

A megasplay fault branches upward from the subduction zone, and in the event of "The Big One," would raise the seafloor, displacing a massive amount of water closer to the coast.

SEATTLE — Newly-released research led by the University of Washington (UW) showed that a feature scientists hypothesized was present along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is missing in places.