Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...
A study by Gondwana Research confirms that the Iberian Peninsula is rotating clockwise due to the movement of the African ...
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Should Africa be worried about earthquakes?
The recent earthquake in Myanmar has drawn fresh attention to global preparedness for natural disasters, including on the African continent. African experts are concerned about seismic threats and ...
Plate tectonics can be visualized like large moving parts on the earth’s crust. The constant movement of the plates causes major stresses, and, as a result, deformations or earthquakes occur on the ...
A swarm of small earthquakes within the Karoo Basin in South Africa has revealed a critically stressed fault that could be perturbed by potential shale gas exploration in the area, according to a new ...
A groundbreaking study has provided new insights into the forces that cause tectonic movements in Europe’s most seismically active regions. Researchers used advanced satellite data to track land ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...
A megathrust earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest. But new imaging of undersea faults and fractures has given scientists even more information about the tectonic plates that will cause that ...
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