Earth once just had one continent known as Pangea that slowly broke apart to form the continents we know today.

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...

The Geological Society of London says of Africa’s severing: ‘Today the EAR remains above sea level however in the future, as extension continues along the rift, the rift valley will sink lower and ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...

Ethiopia’s Rift Valley has experienced at least 10 recent earthquakes, with the strongest reaching a 5.8 magnitude, ...

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the ...

Previously, researchers believed that the split would take tens of millions of years, but now scientists say it could happen ...

Africa has been gradually splitting into two, slowly creating what will be a new ocean. While we first learned about this two ...

A shocking development has just emerged out and has come to light that a brand new continent might end up forming pretty soon ...

While the actual dramatic split and creation of a new continent and ocean are at least a million years away and we'll all have shuffled off our mortal coils by then, the effects Professor Macdonald ...

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...