Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to Japan ...

The timing and location of such megathrust earthquakes depend on factors such as the shape, roughness, composition, and fluid content of the fault. Aside from the danger they pose, such ...

Susan Schwartz, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will present a lecture titled "Anatomy of a Megathrust Plate Boundary Through the Earthquake Cycle" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, ...

The 2004 Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami was one of the biggest natural disasters in history. This tragedy provided important lessons for improving disaster risk mitigation. New research comparing the ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

Abstract: Great subduction earthquakes exhibit segmentation both within the rupture of individual events and in the long term history of the margin. The 2004 December 26 Aceh-Andaman and 2005 March 28 ...

Forecasting the size of future megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis by exploiting the new technology of offshore and onshore geophysical observations. We aim to assess the potential for megathrust ...

(ANTARA FOTO/YULIUS SATRIA WIJAYA) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government will build adaptive and resilient infrastructure to protect against the impact of natural disasters like earthquakes, including the ...

Motion along this and other megathrust boundaries have been difficult for scientists to model because of the drastically different timescales of slip that occur through time. Credit: Rob DeGraff ...