The paper " New maps of global geological provinces and tectonic plates" is published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews (2022). Materials provided by the University of Adelaide.

A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia on July 29 triggered tsunami alerts across the Pacific Ocean, ...

The Caribbean region can be seen as a kind of natural laboratory in which, over millions of years, plate tectonics resulted in the transfer of a subduction zone from the Pacific to the Atlantic ...

The Caribbean region can be seen as a kind of natural laboratory in which, over millions of years, plate tectonics resulted in the transfer of a subduction zone from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

The North American and Caribbean tectonic plates are grinding against each other in the Caribbean, making the region seismically active, as evidenced by Tuesday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake south ...

Why are there so many earthquakes in the Caribbean? Two tectonic plates go to war Jim Wyss, Tribune News Service Jan 29, 2020 Jan 29, 2020 ...

Tectonics in Puerto Rico are dominated by the convergence between the North America and Caribbean tectonic plates. More earthquakes are possible in Puerto Rico, as is a risk for tsunamis.

The offshore earthquake occurred at 6:23 EST and about 125 miles southwest of George Town, Cayman Islands, and near the boundary between the North American and Caribbean tectonic plates, according ...