Last week, there were reports that a series of small earthquakes were recorded in California that generated a few news headlines. The state is notorious for earthquake activity. It’s estimated that ...

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

It’s one of the Pacific Northwest’s most active volcanoes – but there’s a good reason you’ve probably not heard of it before: Axial Seamount is located not just 480 kilometers (300 miles) west of the ...

In a development that could reshape our understanding of tectonic movement, scientists have found massive fractures forming inside the Pacific Plate– the biggest tectonic plate on Earth.

A powerful earthquake, combined with rising sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in the Pacific Northwest, impacting thousands of residents and properties in northern California, ...

The discovery has led to a revision of models describing Pacific plate movement. By identifying this connection, scientists are gaining a more cohesive view of volcanic evolution across the ocean ...

One hotspot may have formed the Pacific’s largest volcanoes, linking the Ontong-Java Plateau to the Louisville Ridge.

The Pacific Northwest is ripe for a major earthquake ... The Cascadia Subduction Zone, where one plate of Earth’s crust dives beneath another, stretches from Northern California to Canada ...

To better understand the scope and movement of the Pontus plate ... separated the well-documented eastern Pacific plates from the now-confirmed Pontus plate. The research, published in Gondwana ...

According to Dura, the loss of these ecosystems may not be recoverable, and inland movement may be constrained by topography ... one of many regions in the “Ring of Fire,” where the Pacific Plate ...