A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the city of Bengkulu in Indonesia this evening - with those near the epicentre warned ...

Our understanding of our own planet is still changing and a relatively new theory about how plate tectonics works. Researchers are now looking at evidence to sort of redefine oceanic plates, ...

In the dry, sun-scorched deserts of Ethiopia, a slow but astonishing transformation has been unfolding since 2005. A ...

The Axial Seamount is located 300 miles off of the coast of Oregon. Researchers say it’s following patterns shown before its ...

Axial is part of a hotspot, where magma rises from deep Earth. But unlike most hotspots, it also sits between two tectonic plates.

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is ...

Two massive tectonic plates (the Pacific and the Juan de Fuca plates) are constantly shifting, leading to a steady build-up ...

The underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is heading to eruption for the first time in a ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico, on Tuesday, according to the European-Mediterranean ...

A recent study has pinpointed the origin of a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption,' shedding new light on Earth's intricate ...

Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, nearly a mile underwater, one of the most fascinating volcanoes in the world is ...

They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal ...