A preliminary magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck near a Kern County community on the morning of Monday, July 13 according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor occurred about 11 ...

For the first time in history, scientists have captured a seafloor spreading event in real-time in the Indian Ocean. Discover how the ocean floor split open, released millions of cubic metres of lava, ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near Indonesia this week, one of several strong jolts to rattle the Pacific in a short span ...

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Mount Etna has long puzzled geologists because it doesn't fit any of the three classic ways volcanoes are thought to form. A ...

Scientists directly observed a massive underwater volcanic eruption that created new oceanic crust, offering rare insight ...

Scientists have witnessed the birth of new oceanic crust for the first time, capturing a rare seafloor spreading event that offers fresh insights into Earth's tectonic processes.

A rare eruption in the Indian Ocean let researchers capture one of the clearest views yet of a seafloor spreading event ...

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

Most of our planet's crust is forged in a thalassic factory human eyes never see. Across 65,000 kilometers (40,400 miles) of ...

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