Tag: Tectonic Plates

Giant worms are reproducing beneath the seafloor at hydrothermal vents in the eastern Pacific, near the Galápagos Islands, according to new research. Scientists believed that only microbes and viruses could survive in this harsh...

Scientists recently made an incredible discovery deep beneath the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island. They found what they described as a "fossilized fingerprint" of a chunk of seafloor that sank into Earth's mantle about...

Our planet is full of beautiful and awe-inspiring geological features, but there are also those that evoke a sense of doom or foreboding. Throughout history, various natural sites have been referred to as entryways...

Geological faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where blocks of rock have moved relative to each other due to tectonic forces. These faults can be small as a coin or kilometers long, isolated...

When the 4.4-magnitude earthquake hit the Los Angeles area on Monday afternoon, residents reported feeling a prolonged quake with significant shaking. However, the magnitude of an earthquake is not the only factor that determines...

Researchers have successfully drilled the deepest-ever sample of rocks from Earth's mantle, reaching a depth of 0.7 miles (1.2 kilometers) in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This location is known for its abundance of hydrothermal vents,...