The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists ...

Hawaii Island residents may have felt shaking recently from large, deep earthquakes. Deep earthquakes like this have been ...

Pakistan, July 7 -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Mindanao region of the Philippines on Monday, according to the ...

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows ...

Off the coast of Vancouver Island, a slab of ocean floor has dropped by about five kilometers along a fault that scientists ...

Earlier study of the region had shown that the spreading in the area occurs at an average rate of a bit over 60 millimeters a ...