Myanmar's 2025 magnitude-7.7 earthquake revealed 'sonic boom' or supershear quakes, where ruptures travel faster than seismic waves. This phenomenon amplifies ground motion and damage in specific ...

Earthquakes often bring to mind images of destruction, of the Earth breaking open and altering landscapes. But after an ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...

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