All articles tagged with #seismic hazard
Scientists warn that California faces a significant risk from rare but powerful 'supershear' earthquakes that move faster than seismic waves, potentially causing more widespread and intense shaking. They emphasize the need for updated building standards, enhanced monitoring, and advanced simulations to better prepare for these destructive events, which could occur multiple times in the coming decades.
A new study suggests a tectonic fault may be forming beneath the Atlantic Ocean due to mantle delamination, potentially creating a new subduction zone and increasing the risk of powerful earthquakes and tsunamis in the region, highlighting the need for preparedness.
A recent study using satellite imagery of Myanmar's Sagaing Fault suggests that future earthquakes on similar strike-slip faults, like California's San Andreas Fault, could be larger and more unpredictable than past events, emphasizing the need for updated, physics-based seismic models for better hazard prediction.
Recent research suggests that future earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault may not follow past patterns, as exemplified by the unexpected rupture length of the Myanmar earthquake, indicating that current seismic models need to incorporate fault activity history for more accurate predictions.
A new study suggests the Tintina fault in Yukon, Canada, which was previously considered inactive for 40 million years, has produced recent large earthquakes and could potentially generate a major quake exceeding magnitude 7.5, prompting a reassessment of seismic risks in northwestern Canada.
A new study suggests that the dormant Tintina fault in northern Canada, which hasn't seen a major earthquake in over 12,000 years, may be building up pressure and could potentially trigger a significant quake of magnitude 7.5 or higher, posing a seismic risk to nearby communities like Dawson City.
A new study reveals that the Tintina fault along the Canadian border, previously thought dormant for millions of years, shows signs of recent activity and could generate a major earthquake of magnitude 7.5 or higher, posing a significant seismic risk to the region.
Scientists have identified the previously overlooked Tintina Fault beneath North America as a significant seismic threat, potentially capable of producing a magnitude 7.5 or greater earthquake, which could impact communities and infrastructure across Alaska and Canada. The fault has been quietly accumulating stress over thousands of years, with evidence of past large ruptures, yet it remains largely unmonitored and absent from hazard models, raising concerns about preparedness and risk mitigation.