A tiny mountain town in North Carolina has seen three earthquakes over four days, and it appears to be part of a trend in ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process providing new information about how continents and landmasses evolve.

North America Is Dripping From Below, Geoscientists Discover Published Apr 07, 2025 at 11:32 AM EDT Updated Apr 07, 2025 at 6:37 PM EDT By Ian Randall ...

The recent, small earthquakes that rattled the New York metro area serve as a reminder that seismic activity does occur in ...

According to the USGS, New Jersey had 23 earthquakes in 2023 but the number spiked to 232 in 2024 including the magnitude 4.8 ...

A Peek Into Earth’s Deep Geological Past The Farallon plate ’s influence on North America dates back to roughly 20 million years ago when the plate began breaking apart due to the advancing ...

A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into the mantle due to the continued influence of the Farallon Plate, which has been subducting under the continent for 200 ...

The Farallon plate and the North American plate once formed a subduction zone along the continent's west coast, with the former sliding beneath the latter and recycling its material into the ...

Scientists have confirmed that a fault line off the west coast of Haida Gwaii is of the megathrust variety, capable of ...

Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate, but it was once a place where tectonic plates came together. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...