Supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed, some scientists say — carrying potentially profound risk for communities across California.
Scientists from Oregon State University studying sediment layers in the Pacific Ocean have discovered that two of the most notorious faults on the West Coast — the San Andreas Fault in Northern ...
These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...
The West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and ...
Samples from the seafloor reveal evidence of several earthquakes along the West Coast’s two major fault zones happening in ...
When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Myanmar on March 28, 2025, it wasn’t just another powerful tremor—it was a geological curveball. The quake ripped open more than 500 kilometers (317 miles) of the ...