From the earthquake in Venezuela to Mindanao, all share a similarity, namely being in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Why is the ...

Deep-sea drilling ships, sea-floor sensors and repurposed Internet cables are helping scientists to study the last unmapped ...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck Victoria’s coastline, with residents as far as Phillip Island reporting they felt the ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 ...

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 ...

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented ...

University of Delaware geologist Jessica Warren has contributed to research that brings us one step closer to better understanding how earthquakes operate. Situated along a stretch of the equator in ...

The magnitude-3.8 earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres along Victoria's popular Great Ocean Road.

An earthquake measuring 3.9 magnitude has raised fears of further landslides along the Great Ocean Road, with geologists ...

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 ...