Researchers in the Science Advances journal have found a "megathrust fault" that could cause severe damage to all countries ...

At approximately 5:58 p.m., PST yesterday, October 17th, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake (6 miles deep) struck just off the coast ...

A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami.

Japan issued a “megaquake advisory” following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off its coast. That raised the risk of a larger ...

The place where two of these tectonic plates meet, the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate, sits just off the ...

The boundary between the two is known as the megathrust, or the Cascadia subduction zone, fault. “That plate-boundary fault is normally locked, and stresses build up, and then when it lets go ...

The advisory, which is officially called “megathrust earthquake attention,” targeted 707 municipalities from Okinawa Prefecture to Ibaraki Prefecture, calling for a check on usual preparedness.

JAKARTA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, ranked among top 35 countries for natural disaster risk, is actively preparing for potential megathrust earthquakes that could trigger devastating tsunamis.

Overall, the collision of India and Eurasia is marked by a “megathrust fault”, where the Indian plate is gradually sliding under the Eurasian plate. The whole megathrust doesn’t move at the ...

Indonesia continues to strengthen its early warning system due to its high vulnerability to earthquakes. In a webinar ...

It’s called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a megathrust fault or the meeting of two tectonic plates. The Juan de Fuca plate is being forced under the North ...