The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years.; The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

A microplate off the coast of Northern California is moving in a divergent direction from the mantle beneath it, researchers discovered in a study investigating the direction of seismic wave ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into ...

In 2021, geologists animated a video that shows how Earth's tectonic plates moved over the last billion years. The plates move together and apart at the speed of fingernail growth, and the video ...

The Atlantic Ocean is currently getting wider at the mid-Atlantic Ridge, a divergent plate boundary that pushes the Old and New Worlds apart at a rate of around 2.5cm per year.