How did they come to be? Typically, a mountain range will rise in places where two tectonic plates clash with each other. But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years.

How did they come to be? Typically, a mountain range will rise in places where two tectonic plates clash with each other. But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years.

The Rainbow Mountains are located in the foothills ... The bunching of the land by plate tectonics was followed by intense erosion, which wiped away any sediment covering the colorful layers.

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

How did they come to be? Typically, a mountain range will rise in places where two tectonic plates clash with each other. But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years.

Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for ...

Residents of Peshawar experienced a mild earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7. The tremor, originating from Afghanistan's Hindu ...

Residents of Peshawar were jolted by a mild earthquake on Wednesday, with tremors measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, Geo ...

Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year, according to the Red Cross ...

The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.