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 ...

The oceanic crust at North Pond is relatively young (8 million years old) and its circulating fluids are cold (<20 degrees C). By comparison, the temperature of crustal fluids can reach 400 degrees C ...

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 ...

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 ...

A high-temperature hydrothermal vent field discovered on Puy des Folles Seamount on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at approximately 6,562 feet in depth. Schmidt Ocean Institute Thousands of feet beneath the ...

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 ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 2002 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was ...