On April 11, 2012, a magnitude-8.6 and magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit beneath the Indian Ocean, near Indonesia. The earthquakes didn't happen along a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate slides ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Seismic activity in the Andaman Sea has surged with over 15 earthquakes recorded. Experts assess potential tsunami risks as ...

Over the last 140 million years, as the Indian plate began drifting northward, it closed a gap with the Asian plate, leading to the disappearance of a vast ocean between the two landmasses.

Find Indian Tectonic Plate Latest News, ... Spanning 5,000 km along the Indian Ocean, the ridge was shaped by the Kerguelen hotspot, which shifted several hundred kilometres ove ...

By analysing how the Earth's plates moved in the past, the researchers concluded that the Dani plume likely arrived during the late Eocene period and even influenced how the Indian plate moved.

Mauritius and the Maldives are not alone in having contested boundaries in coastal waters. Last year, the ICJ ruled in favor of Somalia in a maritime border dispute with Kenya, also based on the Law ...

Indian Tectonic Plate Moving Below Himalayas Could Be Splitting Tibet: Study This process may lead to more earthquakes in North India, Northeast India and Tibet, as suggested by the researchers.

Mystery of ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean finally solved after 75 years ... India Plate Tectonics. Share Article. Share Article. Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied.

20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, highlighting lessons learned, advancements in research, ... The 2004 earthquake ripped through 1,300 km of the plate boundary, ...