The Pacific and Australian plates collide and interact ... But none of these plate boundaries are static; instead, they change constantly and evolve over time. Now in Nature, Wannamaker and ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by scientists – but which poses a major tsunami hazard. The 2.43pm quake hit ...

The deadly Myanmar earthquake last week was the biggest among a number of smaller quakes that rocked the region.

But Australia's Pilbara Craton, with its 3.59 billion-year-old rocks, is a vital region for understanding the origins of plate tectonics. "The Pilbara Craton is where geologists first defined the ...