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Scientists warn a giant Cascadia quake could set off the San Andreas fault minutes later

A peer-reviewed study published in Geosphere, a journal of the Geological Society of America, presents evidence that a large ...

The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps

There is no easy explanation for how the San Andreas fault, responsible for some of America's most powerful earthquakes, has ...

Myanmar's deadliest earthquake results in 500 km rupture and signs of a rare supershear break

Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale ...

The world’s largest tectonic fault has reached its highest stress level in 1,000 years: experts fear a “major rupture”

A new study suggests two major fault systems are under unusually high strain, but researchers stress it is not a prediction ...

San Andreas Fault stress hits 1,000-year high, raising quake risk

Scientists say the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are more stressed than at any time in 1,000 years, raising questions about future California quakes.
Phys.org

Direction of the Alpine Fault's last big quake will help NZ prepare for the inevitable next rupture

One of the world's most anticipated earthquakes is the next major surface rupture of the Alpine Fault in the South Island of New Zealand. With a 75% chance of it happening within the next 50 years, ...

A Millennium of Pressure Has Been Building Under California Fault Lines. What Does That Mean for Earthquake Risk?

What does that mean for earthquake risk?
Science Daily

Multiscale rupture growth driven by a complex fault network during the 2023 Türkiye and Syria earthquake doublet

Researchers analyzed the source processes of the twin earthquakes that caused extensive damage in Türkiye and Syria on February 6, 2023. The results revealed that a complex fault network with bends, ...