MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula County's Bear Buffer Zone is expanding again at the end of this month, according to officials. The county's plans to widen the Bear Buffer Zone is part of a larger ...

"This is the first large scale ocean bottom seismic experiment conducted at an Atlantic subduction zone," said Dr. Catherine Rychert, formerly an Associate Professor at the University of ...

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand on March 28 is a chilling reminder for everyone to start taking seriously the ever-present threats that come with living in the so-called ...

These metals form in the upper crust at depths of a few kilometers (several miles). But how do they form and why are they concentrated there? (A) Diagram of a subduction zone illustrating the transfer ...

Three major earthquake scenarios identified, including potential magnitude 9 tremors from the Andaman subduction zone, posing significant threat to the capital Bangkok faces a significant risk from ...

The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is where the Pacific plate drops westward under the Australian plate. It sits just off the east coast of the North Island. Subduction zones generate the largest ...