Strain slowly builds up until the fault’s frictional strength is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other in a “megathrust ...

Non-volcanic tremor ramp up precedes slow slip in Cascadia by about a day, indicating that brittle-creeping process ...

Earthquakes of this relatively small size are common in the Pacific Northwest, with most of them occurring out in the ocean. The last big, “megathrust” earthquake in the region, along the 600 ...

If you live on Vancouver Island, you know that earthquakes are a given due to our location near the Cascadia Subduction Zone: ...

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.

Strain slowly builds up until the fault’s frictional strength is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other in a “megathrust” earthquake. Washington Geologic Survey Another common ...