Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

For example, when India collided with Asia, an active subduction zone was transformed into a collision that formed the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau 7. Such a fate does not seem to be in store for ...

There are many active subduction zones in the world today with well-developed forearc and backarc basins. The Cascade Mountains of the US Pacific Northwest sit in a climate zone with massive amounts ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each ...

Residents are urged to secure household items, maintain emergency kits, and participate in statewide drills such as the Great ...

Huang says finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend to occur, and examining why earthquakes occur in these areas, can help researchers devise better earthquake warning systems.

A flurry of earthquakes in the Seattle area over the last couple of weeks has some residents asking if that means the "Big ...

A string of earthquakes in California last week saw residents urged to 'remain alert' amid warnings bigger tremors could be ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...