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About how fast does the new sea-floor move away from the mid-ocean ridge
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About how fast does the new sea-floor move away from the mid-ocean ridge

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It spreads about 6-16 centimeters (3-6 inches) every year. There is not an ocean trench at the East Pacific Rise, because the seafloor spreading is too rapid for one to develop.
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