One is the Alpide earthquake belt, which starts in Indonesia and stretches west all the way through the Himalayas and Mediterranean and into the Atlantic Ocean. The other is the mid-Atlantic ridge.

However, Coulson believes Monday’s earthquake occurred because of pressure in the Atlantic Ocean being pushed west toward land and away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater range.

The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the Northeast on April 5 didn't seem to cause much damage, but it was enough to send tremors of concern through anyone who felt it. It's not that the region ...

The earthquake registered 2.8 and occurred ... Seafloor spreading along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an underwater mountain range along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, results in a west-southwestward ...

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini ... A mid-oceanic ridge, for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates pulling apart; the Pacific ...

Volcanoes and earthquake activity often occur in similar ... the Pacific Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge that extends along the floor of the ...