These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...

A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic plates die ...

A subduction zone breaking apart was caught in real time, showing how Earth’s tectonic plates die, detach, and reshape the ...

29. For example, researchers found evidence that the last magnitude 9 earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone - in 1700 ...

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate dives beneath another—actively breaking apart. The discovery, reported in ...

Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault - may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially ...

Cratons are thick and relatively cold, making them very durable during earth’s history. Continents, and their craton cores, ...

Two fault systems on North America’s West Coast – the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault – may be synchronized, with earthquakes on one fault potentially triggering seismic events on ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned.

A new study found that if “The Big One" hit the Pacific Northwest, it could trigger an even bigger earthquake and affect ...

A mega-earthquake might be triggered by two volatile faults, striking in unison, with one quake nudging the other into ...

Once prized for its beauty, serpentinite may hold the secret to life’s origins—its chemistry reveals how Earth could have ...