The East African Rift System is a 4,000-mile-long, 22-million-year-old zone that extends from Jordan to Mozambique. And it's been increasingly active in the past two decades, leading to speculation ...

Scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa has been splitting. In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in th ...

The movements of tectonic plates are more than usual and, in many cases, they are not of major importance. In addition, if there is one thing that the geographical history of the w ...

Six of the majors are named for the continents embedded within them, such as the North American, African, and Antarctic plates. Though smaller in size, the minors are no less important when it ...

Millions of years from now, northern Africa could be home to a new ocean, as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, according to scientists. Experts have long known that ...

Before Plate Tectonics arrived and different collisions ... Future Continental Breakup: If rifting continues, the Horn of Africa may eventually separate from the main African continent, forming ...

The new study reveals that the African plate and the Pacific plate have different chemical compositions and ages, parting ways with the old study, which proposed they are both similar in composition.

The Canary Island hotspot is located on the African plate, which is estimated to be moving between 2cm to 3cm per year. A build-up of magma swelled beneath the ground a week before the first eruption.

The Canary Island hotspot is located on the African plate, which is estimated to be moving between 2cm to 3cm per year. A build-up of magma swelled beneath the ground a week before the first eruption.