How ‘the big one’ near Seattle could trigger an earthquake in San Francisco

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

Earlier volcano prediction at Mount Etna made possible by new earthquake pattern analysis

Located on the island of Sicily, in Italy, Mount Etna is one of the world's most active volcanoes. Documentation of its many ...
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California Earthquake Hits Ticking Time Bomb Fault Line

A 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck California’s Hayward Fault — a fault line experts call the most dangerous in America. Over ...

Seismic anisotropy offers insight into viscous BLOBs at base of Earth's mantle

In some parts of Earth's interior, seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the direction in which they are ...
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They were drilling off Oregon. What they found could shake all of California

Scientists have uncovered evidence that megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest might trigger California’s San Andreas Fault. A research ship’s navigational error revealed paired sediment layers showing ...