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Understanding why some faults lock up while others rupture could help scientists better understand the most dangerous areas ...

Seafloor cores record underwater avalanches of mud and sand, known as turbidity currents, as stacked layers called turbidites ...

The Carrizo Plain in eastern San Luis Obispo County contains the most strikingly graphic portion of the San Andreas Fault. Sediment cores recovered from the Pacific seafloor suggest that megathrust ...

A newly identified link between two notorious geologic zones suggests a major earthquake at one site could trigger another huge quake at the other, creating a double-whammy of destruction. Researchers ...

An analysis of the potential locations in Indonesia for the impending megathrust earthquakes and the urgency of disaster ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the history of science and exploration. This week’s massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia, which triggered ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the Russian coastline on July 29. It sent millions who were thousands of miles away scrambling for higher ground in fear of an impending ...

It’s every Californians worst nightmare. Now experts are warning “The Big One” could be even worse than feared due to a ...