The powerful quake near Mexico and Guatemala was caused by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate.

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Across a matter of days in 2024, the seafloor in part of the Indian Ocean dropped by about 13 feet, and roughly 5.7 billion ...

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Geoscientists at the University of Glasgow have helped reveal new evidence about the formation of one of the highest ...

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

The crust formation process taking place inside the oceans and seas has stayed away from human observation for millennia.

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 ...

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