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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New report predicts catastrophic impacts of megathrust quake in B.C. Imagine: it’s a hot August morning in Vancouver. The province ...

Bali, Sumba and the Flores Islands are expected to be the worst hit from a megathrust earthquake in the Sumba fault.

A research team from University of Tsukuba and collaborating institutions has clarified why M9-class megathrust earthquakes recur off the Kamchatka Peninsula with an unusually short cycle of 73 years.

Japanese authorities have warned northern coastal areas of the country about a slightly increased risk of a so-called ...

A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the Sanriku coast in northeastern Japan on April 20, registering an upper 5 on Japan's ...

If there is a magnitude 8 or 9 megathrust earthquake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, data from ocean bottom ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Cascadia Subduction Zone is “unusually quiet,” for a megathrust fault, making it more difficult for scientists to understand its behavior and structure. With help from ...

USGS scientist Erin Wirth deploys nodal seismometers in northern Oregon. The goal of this study is to better understand the hazards associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone. A new look at the Juan ...