Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming
IMAGE: Aleutian Islands are an archipelago comprising dozens of islands with 40 active and 17 dormant...
Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest earthquakes and their tsunamis
Map of the Cascadia subduction zone. Credit: Public Domain Megathrust earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis that...
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquakes — ScienceDaily
A research team from the University of Tsukuba has conducted detailed structural analyses of a...
New technology finds long-hidden quakes, and possible clues about how earthquakes evolve — ScienceDaily
Measures of Earth's vibrations zigged and zagged across Mostafa Mousavi's screen one morning in Memphis,...
A new technique predicts how earthquakes would affect a city’s hospitals — ScienceDaily
In an increasingly urbanized world, population density often leads to more deaths and injuries when...
New evidence for geologically recent earthquakes near Portland, Oregon metro area — ScienceDaily
A paleoseismic trench dug across the Gales Creek fault, located about 35 kilometers (roughly 22...
What Controls Giant Subduction Earthquakes?
Giant earthquakes—those greater than magnitude 8.5—are rare. That’s good news for people living...