Most megathrust and tsunami earthquakes occur along Sumatra, some in Java, and quite a few in Eastern Indonesia ...

These “seismic gaps” indicate high-risk zones for future big earthquakes. A seismic gap, for example, exists between the megathrust zones off the western and eastern coasts of Java.

The largest megathrust earthquake in history occurred in the subduction zone of Valdivia, South Chile, at 9.5 magnitudes. In Indonesia, the active subduction zones cover the southern area of Java ...

The Cascadia fault, where the Juan de Fuca plate slips beneath the North American plate, is capable of producing megathrust earthquakes. These events not only trigger devastating tsunamis ...

In a new study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from The University of New Mexico and Nanyang Technological University provide evidence that so-called megathrust earthquakes beneath ...

The Indonesian government plans to strengthen domestic housing construction standards to mitigate the impact of potential megathrust ... The major earthquakes in Java and Sumatra in 2006, 2007 ...

She said that the BMKG had also mapped 13 zones in Indonesia with the highest potential to be hit by megathrust earthquakes. Four of Indonesia's five big islands, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua ...

More information: Benjamin A. Brooks et al, Rapid shallow megathrust afterslip from the 2021 M8.2 Chignik, Alaska earthquake revealed by seafloor geodesy, Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126 ...

sits just off the coast and poses the biggest threat for a major earthquake and potential tsunami. It’s called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a megathrust fault or ...

sits just off the coast and poses the biggest threat for a major earthquake and potential tsunami. It’s called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a megathrust fault or ...