The powerful quake near Mexico and Guatemala was caused by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate.

Earthquakes and volcanism occur as a result of plate tectonics. The movement of tectonic plates themselves is largely driven by the process known as subduction. The question of how new active ...

The shaking started just after 9:25 p.m. local time on June 30, 2026, strong enough to rattle windows and send some residents reaching for doorframes. A magnitude 5.6 earthquake had ruptured the ...

The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking the Caribbean is shaking itself apart. Tuesday’s massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake just south of Cuba and north of Jamaica comes on the heels of the 6 ...

The movement of Earth's viscous mantle against South America has pushed the Caribbean islands east over the last 50 million years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature ...