In the past 30 years, they’ve been helped in these studies by digital tools like geographic information systems (GIS). GIS is a computer system that uses software and data to map, analyse and manage ...

Russia is expanding its influence in Africa as democracy wanes, with military strongmen carrying out coups and the United ...

The various idiosyncrasies of minor earthquakes make them hard to forecast, but the aspects of very large temblors might be ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The ...

This continent may be dividing in two, according to a startling finding on the map of Earth. Africa is expected to split but only within millions of years.

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

The earthquake was reported just before 6:30pmlocal time about 200 kilometres south-southwest of George Town in the Cayman Islands at a depth of about 9.6km, according to the US Geological Survey.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Several minor earthquakes were recorded in southeastern ... of the North American plate away from Europe and Africa. The Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said: "While commonly plotted as points on maps, earthquakes of this size are more appropriately described as slip over a larger fault area." It added: "Large ...