Scientists predict tectonic forces in East Africa will split the continent and form a new ocean, transforming economies and ...

In addition, a 2020 study describes how volcanic and tectonic activity in regions like Afar Depression (part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa) is linked to basin formation and sediment ...

Ethiopia has recorded a significant increase in the number of earthquakes recently, after the construction of GERD dam ...

Africa could one day be 'split into two' after a huge crack that continues to grow appeared in the continent. Go back 200 ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. The tear, which ...

This geological shift, mirroring the breakup of Pangea, will flood the East African Rift Valley, creating new coastlines and reshaping the continent over millions of years. GPS technology allows ...

The earthquake occurred at 1:30 pm at a depth of six kilometres. No reports have been received of anyone feeling the tremor, ...

Since 1925 there have been numerous finds of Australopithecus fossils in East and Southern Africa, mainly based around the Great Rift Valley - a fracture in the earth's surfaces that runs 3,500 ...

Solving issues to achieve optimum development of the Great Rift Valley’s unique geothermal systems Kenya is in the process of switching its main source of power from hydropower, which is unstable due ...

Africa is slowly tearing itself in two ... reminding us of the vast timescales of geological change. Kenya’s Rift Valley Crack (2018) A massive crack, 50 feet deep and 65 feet wide, appeared ...

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 ...