Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

As it turns out, the Ring of Fire just happens to follow the meeting points of a whole bunch of these tectonic plates: there’s the Eurasian plate; the North American; Juan de Fuca; Cocos ...

The Ring of Fire is one of the most iconic geological ... new subduction zones must form within it – areas where one tectonic ...

Both supercontinents formed over what is now the African domain A new study reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire ... funnel effect as tectonic plates collided ...

Oceans are not necessarily a permanent fixture on Earth, as they are able to appear and close due to the work of plate tectonics ... This is similar to the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean ...

The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely ... "Wondering about the night sky, harnessing fire and using metals to create new technologies, and finally to ...

Taiwan is frequently hit by earthquakes because it’s on the edges of two tectonic plates near the Pacific Ring of Fire. Image / USGS A magnitude-6 earthquake hit Taiwan on Tuesday, the US ...

Taiwan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location on the edges of two tectonic plates near the Pacific Ring of Fire, which USGS says is the most seismically active zone in the world.