For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

Pacific Ocean, Jan 16: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 rattled the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at a shallow ...

The waters of the Southern Ocean have proven cold and unforgiving to us humans for centuries, yet certain areas are teeming with life. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web, providing ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand(AP) — A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The ...

Two of the most dangerous fault systems on the U.S. West Coast may be more connected than scientists once thought. New ...

If there is a magnitude 8 or 9 megathrust earthquake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, data from ocean bottom seismometers (OBS) could improve earthquake detection times calculated by the ...

We live on an active planet, one whose surface is constantly in motion, although imperceptibly to us most of the time. Until an earthquake occurs. On January 9, just such an event happened in the seas ...

Earthquakes are an ever-present risk across Asia. Here's how to be prepared for the worst and how to act if the worst happens.