Scientists have discovered a long hidden plate boundary near the east coast of Africa that dates back about 180 million years ...

Plate boundaries are where the action is. A large fraction of all earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building occurs at plate boundaries. It is also where most of the people on Earth live.

Along submarine mountain ranges, the mid-ocean ridges, forces from the Earth's interior push tectonic plates apart, forming new ocean floor and thus moving continents about. However, many features of ...

Map - Pacific Plate tectonics (IMAGE) University of Toronto Caption The map highlights in yellow the zones of the Pacific Plate that are being pulled apart by the sinking tectonic plate along the ...