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Live Science on MSNMesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving from 1.8 billion years ago to todayUsing information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet ... It ...
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Al Jazeera on MSNWhat caused the powerful Myanmar and Thailand earthquake?Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia plates – places it at particular risk of quakes.
Earthquakes strike when tectonic plates, the large rocks making up the Earth’s crust, rub against each other. The USGS says ...
The whole world used to be joined in one supercontinent called Pangaea. The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates.
The tallest volcano in Europe, Italy's Mount Etna, and the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii, erupting again.
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Live Science on MSNPlate tectonics fired up at least 3 billion years ago, study of ancient rocks in Australia indicatesScientists may have discovered the world's ... debate centers around when convection currents developed, allowing Earth's ...
Early Friday, a major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar, shook the Earth as far as Bangkok, ...
The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics. Forced upwards by the gradual northward push of the Indian plate into the Eurasian plate.
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