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One U.S. State Is ‘Overdue’ for a Major Earthquake, Study Finds
A new study published in the journal JGR Solid Earth has found that one U.S. state is “overdue” for an earthquake. Lead author Vasiliki Mouslopoulou believes that the information, while chilling, ...
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Tectonic Plates Can ‘Infect’ One Another with Earth-Shaking Subduction Zones
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and ...
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California’s Faults Are Long Overdue for Major Earthquakes—Scientists Warn of an Imminent Catastrophe
According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...
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Why the New Madrid Fault Could Trigger a Major U.S. Earthquake
this fault zone lies deep in the heart of the country, where many people aren’t aware of the potential earthquake risk. Scientists warn that a major earthquake along the New Madrid Fault could ...
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Most dangerous part of this U.S. earthquake fault identified as "one of Earth's biggest hazards"
These kinds of earthquakes happen along special cracks called megathrust faults. Scientists know that in this specific region of the West Coast fault in the U.S., massive earthquakes happened in the ...
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Could monster 9.0-magnitude earthquake sink part of CA's coastal communities?
The Cascadia fault line is the focus of the new study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It breaks down the flooding potential a 9.0 earthquake could bring to the ...