There is a 70-80% chance that the Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake will occur in the next 30 years. It is predicted to cause more extensive damage than the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ...

The Cascadia subduction zone is locked by friction at depths lower than 18 miles. Strain slowly builds up until the fault’s ...

While our scenario is the “big one”, a M9.0 megathrust earthquake, this study is not a simulation because of the unpredictable nature of earthquakes. Rather, it is an assessment of what critical ...

We aim to assess the potential for megathrust earthquakes in the coastal region of the Guerrero state by establishing the first Mexican seafloor geodetic and seismic network to obtain slow earthquake ...

A megathrust is a very large earthquake that occurs in a subduction zone, resulting in a magnitude of 8 to 9. She said that the BMKG had also mapped 13 zones in Indonesia with the highest ...

The 4.6-magnitude quake occurred at 5:02 a.m. about 42 kilometres east of the Saanich Peninsula, according to preliminary measurements.

The shakes have left the 'Big One' on many Greater Victorian minds – a megaquake on the boundary between the Juan de Fuca and ...