which is like what's under Hawaii or Iceland," he continued. A "hotspot," Chadwick explains, is a point source of extra magma ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...

The Aegean Sea is no stranger to earthquakes. It is laced with faults related to the slow collision between the African and ...

Seismic upheaval in the Awash Fentale area has uprooted thousands from their homes. It has also raised questions about the long-term safety of critical infrastructure.

Iceland's second largest volcano is "on the brink of eruption," experts have warned. Bárðarbunga – the second-largest volcano in the country – has been hit with a whopping 130 earthquakes in ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Alex de Steiguer was about to send an email from a house on Star Island, 7 miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, when she heard what she thought was a big plane flying over. Outside, a flock ...

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to ...

It’s also been experiencing hundreds of small of earthquakes recently ... eruption are much like those of volcanos in Hawaii and Iceland. The volcano lies above a “hot spot” in Earth ...