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Seafloor ‘Brake Zones’ Explain Gofar Fault’s Clockwork Quakes, Study Finds

The mechanism points to natural limits on many ocean faults, sharpening models of offshore earthquake risk.

Mantle Gases Detected in Zambia’s Kafue Rift Point to Early-Stage Rifting

New Paleolatitude 3.0 Tool Lets You Trace Any Location’s Latitude Back 320 Million Years

Seismic Imaging Reveals Ultra-Thin Crust at Turkana Rift Signaling Advanced Breakup Stage

New Study Finds Tectonic Uplift Shaped the Twelve Apostles and Pins Their Limestone at 8.6–14 Million Years

Deep Hindu Kush Quakes Send Tremors Across India and Pakistan

Satellite Pinpoints Near-Trench Rupture in 2025 Kamchatka Tsunami

Shallow M6.1 Quake off Northern Sumatra Rattles Simeulue, Triggers No Tsunami Alert

Deep Mantle Flow Built Antarctica’s Extreme Gravity Low, Which Intensified 50–30 Million Years Ago

New Global Map Reveals Young Lunar Fault Ridges, Expanding Moonquake Risk Zones

First Global Catalogue Maps 459 Continental Mantle Earthquakes Since 1990

Deep-Mantle Hot Structures Linked to Long-Lived Patterns in Earth’s Magnetic Field

NCS Reports M3.7, M3.0 in Tibet and M4.1 in Afghanistan With No Damage

Tiny Quakes Expose Five-Piece Tectonic Model at Mendocino Triple Junction

Magnitude 6.1 Quake Shakes Taiwan, No Immediate Damage Reported

Hidden 20-Kilometer Rock Layer Under Bermuda Offers Answer to Island’s Puzzling Uplift

Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Iberia Is Slowly Rotating Clockwise

Seismic Imaging Finds 20-Kilometer Buoyant Layer Beneath Bermuda

Thick, Buoyant Rock Layer Found Beneath Bermuda Offers Answer to Island’s Long‑Lived Swell

Japan Eases Tsunami Alerts After 7.6 Quake Off Aomori; At Least 30 Injured