Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.
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Evidence points to a possible link between two major earthquake zones
Groundbreaking Discovery in Offshore Sediment Cores Two fault systems on North America's West Coast – the Cascadia subduction ...
Even long-lived subduction zones eventually die, and scientists believe they are witnessing the slow death of one in the northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone. A new study using seismic data ...
For decades, the end-stage life of a subduction zone existed only in theory. Now, for the first time in geologic history, scientists are bearing witness to the Juan de Fuca Plate tearing apart and ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Oct 29, 2025, 03:16pm EDT Nov 01, 2025, 01:11pm EDT For the first ...
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean that is the world's most seismically and volcanically active zone. This region contains roughly 75% of the world’s ...
Researchers have discovered evidence of “partial synchronization” of two of the world’s most famous fault lines—the northern San Andreas Fault and Cascadia Subduction Zone. The relationship between ...
Julia Shumway / Oregon Capital Chronicle The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. New research suggests the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...
Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...
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