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Northern California faces risk from terrifying Pacific Northwest earthquake fault
The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a major fault that runs offshore from Northern California to British Columbia, is best known ...
Monster quake could sink swath of California, dramatically heightening flood risk, study says
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands
By compiling observations of recent earthquakes, Rowe and Hatem conclude that from Turkey to California ... including rupture ...
This little-known earthquake fault has been quiet. But it can unleash devastation across SoCal
While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...
Which active fault zones are in San Diego County?
California is no stranger to earthquakes, but the risk of earthquakes hitting San Diego County specifically lies on the fact ...
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Seismology: How wide are faults?
Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S. Geological Survey sought ...
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Where was the earthquake in California?
A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred about 2.5 miles south Julian, California at 10:08 a.m. April 14, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.