Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts beneath the Eurasian plate, reshaping our understanding of the forces ...

Tibet has seen several earthquakes in the past few decades, including a magnitude 8.6 quake in 1950. The Indian plate, which collided with the Eurasian plate, is slowly peeling apart beneath Tibet ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A massive collision between the Indian tectonic plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate ...

Tingri, which sits atop the zone where the Indian plate pushes under Tibet, is particularly vulnerable. Sign up here. Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Alison Williams and Toby Chopra U.S ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China ... Eurasian and Indian tectonic plate boundary, according to USGS.

Tingri, which sits atop the zone where the Indian plate pushes under Tibet, is particularly vulnerable. Reuters is a news agency founded in 1851 and owned by the Thomson Reuters Corporation based ...

The Himalayas, Earth's towering mountain range, stand as the product of a slow-motion geological ... suggests the plate resists subduction entirely, sliding horizontally beneath Tibet.

The earthquake occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, just after 9 a.m. local ... "The region near the India and Eurasia plate boundary has a history of large earthquakes," the USGS ...

A powerful earthquake has struck a remote region of Tibet, killing at least 126 people and wounding more than 100 others, with tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and parts of northern India. Videos ...

While some plates look relatively intact others are fragmenting approximately 100 kilometers below the surface. This is making the base to deform into the Earth's fiery core.