Iraq is sinking. Or, to be exact, the region surrounding the Zagros Mountains in the country’s north is. A team of ...

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

Minutes after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit Iran on October 5, 2024, rumors swirled that it wasn’t natural—claims that ...

The Zagros Mountains, stretching over 1,500 kilometers from eastern Turkey to southeastern Iran towards the Gulf of Oman, are ...

An earthquake that struck Iran last year was misreported as a covert nuclear weapons test amid rising global tension, ...

Deep beneath the Zagros Mountains, the Neotethys plate is tearing apart, dragging Earth's crust downward. This shift may ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

The idyllic Greek island of Santorini has been experiencing an unprecedented series of earthquakes, leaving both residents ...

Iran Iran has experienced 109 major earthquakes. The country's location along the collision zone between the Eurasian and Arabian plates makes it susceptible to frequent and intense seismic events.

Ethiopia is grappling with an escalating seismic crisis as a series of earthquakes linked to the East African Rift raises ...

The Himalayan mountain range was formed after the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided around 50 million years ago. How does their movement continue to impact the region?