A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected, and it's changing what we know about earthquake zones

Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time.

Why Kamchatka's magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought a smaller tsunami—and where risk may remain

On July 29, 2025, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake occurred near the Kamchatka Peninsula. It was so powerful that it ranks as the ...
KTVZ

Long-term impacts of next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could be even worse than feared

EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could ...

America’s most volatile fault line overdue for earthquake that could devastate millions: ‘Tectonic time bomb’

This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue ...
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A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could increase West Coast flood risk, study finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific Northwest, new research shows. A powerful quake, ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Which active fault zones are in San Diego County?

(Above: Geologist Patrick Abbott, professor emeritus at San Diego State University, appears on FOX 5 to speak about the earthquake on April 14, 2025) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California is no stranger ...