BMKG's director of earthquake and tsunami, Daryono, said the earthquake was centered in the Megathrust zone of Siberut ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a strong earthquake of 5.3 magnitude on Tuesday, April 22, at 5:14 p.m., hitting parts of West Java, including ...

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 ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT – Indonesia is one of the countries located in an earthquake-prone region, with one of the greatest potential disasters being a megathrust earthquake. A megathrust earthquake occurs due ...

A powerful earthquake struck Indonesia's main island of Java on November 21st, killing over 160 people and injuring 700 in Indonesia. More from News A triangle pointing right which indicates this ...

An earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause parts of the coast to sink several feet, creating ongoing ...

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 ...

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

Strain slowly builds up until the fault’s frictional strength is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other in a “megathrust” earthquake. NO. 1: NEW STUDY SUGGESTS MAJOR PNW EARTHQUAKE ...