Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways in relation to each other. They move at a rate of one to two inches (three to five centimeters) per year. Where plates serving ...

Scientists are nearly certain a new ocean is forming. Tectonic plates shifting in Africa could one day cause a new ocean to ...

A security camera near Thazi, Myanmar, captured the earth cracking during a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in March.

Scientists tracking tectonic activity along the East African Rift say the continent is slowly splitting apart, People ...

Plate tectonics is the theory that Earth's outer ... The land masses continued to move apart, riding on separate plates, until they reached the positions they currently occupy.

Here you can see what happens when tectonic plates move in opposite directions and cause an earthquake. This could then rip the ground apart and create fissures. Image caption, This shows what ...

A video showing the ground tearing apart in a major earthquake in Myanmar ... on the Sagaing Fault between the Burma and Sunda tectonic plates, two minor tectonic plates. This fault slices through ...

are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection currents in the ... The oceanic plate is denser than the continental plate. As they move together, the oceanic plate is forced underneath ...