Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...
The potential impact of the Nankai Trough earthquake has long been a concern for Japan, and recent reports from the Japanese government's expert group shed light on its anticipated effects. On March ...
Three major earthquake scenarios identified, including potential magnitude 9 tremors from the Andaman subduction zone, posing ...
Subduction zones are the most important sites of material exchange between the crust and mantle on Earth. They are also the ...
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake that rocked the bottom of the South Island struck in a seismic environment poorly understood by ...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on Richter Scale jolted Tonga Islands on Sunday, with this being a second earthquake in the same day. The earthquake took place at a shallow depth of 10 km, making it ...
An earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Tonga Islands on Sunday, a statement by the National Center for Seismology ...
Off the coast of Hawke’s Bay, a giant slumbers – but could wake at any time. The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the ...
Mount Spurr is a prominent feature within the Aleutian volcanic arc, an area created by the subduction of the Pacific Plate beneath the North American Plate. This geological phenomenon leads to ...
It is unclear what these structures are. If they were anywhere else, they could be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk ...