A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 18:56:58 UTC on June 17, 2026, registering at a depth of 10.0 km beneath the Atlantic seafloor. The U.S. Geological Survey’s ...

Scientists have discovered three new hydrothermal vent fields over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the first scientific expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's recently ...

Seawater is chemically altered when it encounters super hot rocks, generating something akin to smoke that billows from chimneys on the seafloor, scientists say. Schmidt Ocean Institute photo Deep sea ...

Iceland's unique position sits directly atop the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates are slowly drifting apart. 5 centimeters per year, creating a continuous zone ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 2128 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially ...

39 Ocean Bottom Seismometers where deployed on the ocean floor across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as part of the PI-LAB experiment. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...