USS Blue Ridge, a U.S. Navy command and control ship, has visited four countries in the South Pacific since mid- April.

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A brilliant map showed just how big the Pacific Ocean is ... South America in the east and Asia and Australia in the South. With the Ocean being boarded by four continents, it is said that ...

A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows ...

Surging tropical activity in the South Pacific Ocean produced a relatively rare occurrence Tuesday: three named tropical cyclones active at the same time: Alfred, Rae and Seru. It’s the first ...

fueled by ocean water warmer than 80 degrees, are called hurricanes; in the South Pacific islands as well as near Australia and in the Indian Ocean, they’re called tropical cyclones; in the ...