Beneath the surface of the Earth lie several tectonic plates ... beneath Africa are making the continent split apart, making way for a new ocean to form. The East African Rift - a huge crack ...

Initially, the appearance of the crack was linked to tectonic activity along the East African Rift. But although ... be almost unnoticeable to us. Plate tectonics is a good example of this.

The movement of tectonic plates is a foundational geological ... while the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea could flood the East African Rift Valley, forming a new ocean. However, complete continental ...

On land, giant troughs such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa form where plates are tugged apart. If the plates there continue to diverge, millions of years from now eastern Africa will split ...

Scientists believe shifting tectonic plates are leading to the creation ... will flood in over the Afar region and into the East African Rift Valley and become a new ocean, and that part of ...

Ethiopia lies along the Great Rift Valley– a part of the East African Rift System. This system is one of the most extensive rifts on Earth’s surface, and extends from Jordan in southwestern Asia ...

Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which a 5.8 magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation. The quakes were centred ...