Tsunami earthquakes are characterized by the generation of disproportionately large tsunamis relative to the observed ground ...

July 10 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck North Atlantic Ocean, United States Geological Survey reported on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), USGS ...

The vast stretch of ocean between the Americas and Europe may be about to close soon—on a geological timescale. Just before the continents begin to drift back together, an "Atlantic ring of fire ...

Authorities say they're collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude earthquake off the state's Atlantic coast.

The Atlantic Ocean may begin to shrink, said a new study published in the journal Geology. Oceans are not necessarily a permanent fixture on Earth, as they are able to appear and close due to the ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

An earthquake was reported off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The report was on the United State Geological Survey website.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast, the National Weather Service reported.

Tectonic plates under the Americas, Europe, and Africa are separating as the Atlantic Ocean grows wider. A 2021 study suggests atypically hot material, 410 miles underground, is rising and forcing ...

THE United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, has determined the provisional epicentre of the earthquake of March 21 ...

It's not just the United States that his playing host to scary earthquakes, though. Wednesday night, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the Atlantic Ocean.

For years, João Duarte has puzzled over a seemingly boring underwater expanse off the coast of Portugal. In 1969, this site spawned a massive earthquake that rattled the shore and sparked a ...