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

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 ...

Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough is a megathrust earthquake zone lying off the southwestern coast ...

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

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 ...

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 ...