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Megathrust earthquakes are the most powerful type of earthquake, occurring at subduction zones -- where one tectonic plate is pushed beneath another. By contrast, slow slip events (SSEs) release ...

An analysis of the potential locations in Indonesia for the impending megathrust earthquakes and the urgency of disaster ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) revealed that major earthquakes could potentially occur in the Sunda Strait and Mentawai-Siberut megathrust zones.

Stress recovery following the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake has been significantly faster than previously anticipated; specifically, the stress-state at the plate interface returned within just a ...

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Scientists have confirmed that a fault line off the west coast of Haida Gwaii is of the megathrust variety, capable of generating large earthquakes and tsunamis. The conclusion was gleaned through ...

What inspired you to study earthquakes? Professor Yoshioka: Looking back, the trigger was the movie “Japan Sinks,” which my grandmother took me to see when I was in elementary school. I was ...

Planetary alignment beginning on Valentine’s Day has some earthquake forecasters on high alert, as they believe a massive “mega-thrust” tremor is on the way. Uranus, Mars, Venus and the sun are all ...