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The Pacific tectonic plate is not as rigid as scientists believe, according to new calculations. Scientists have determined that cooling of the lithosphere -- the outermost layer of Earth -- makes ...

Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for over 160 million years. Known as Pontus, this tectonic giant once ...

Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the area in which a magnitude 8.8. earthquake occurred on July 29, is within the so-called "ring of fire." ...

Russia's massive quake has already triggered at least 10 aftershocks, and could continue for months, according to scientists.

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The earthquake near the east coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia on July 30, 2025 generated tsunami waves that have ...

The Pacific tectonic plate is not as rigid as scientists believe, according to new calculations by researchers at Rice University and the University of Nevada, Reno.