A comprehensive study suggests the Arabian plate is geologically stable and capable of withstanding long-term forces from surrounding tectonic activity. To better understand the earthquake hazards ...

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An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the Zagros Mountains in the Kurdistan region of Iraq on how much the surface ...

Are the next strong earthquakes with the same magnitudes possible in the coming years? The opening of the Red Sea is associated with the convergence of the Arabian and Eurasian plates. At the leading ...

Hydrocarbon extraction for oil and gas production can alter subsurface stress fields and potentially reactivate faults. The Arabian plate experienced significant seismic activity between 2024 and 2025 ...

The strongest earthquake to hit Iran in more than 50 years was a subduction-zone quake, the same tectonic setting underlying deadly temblors in Japan, Chile and Indonesia. The magnitude-7.8 Khash ...

Figure 1: Location map and bathymetry of the OFZ and Arabia–India–Somalia triple junction. In October 2006, aboard the R/V Beautemps-Beaupré, we mapped the AOC triple junction and the southern ...