Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough is a megathrust earthquake zone lying off the southwestern coast ...
A quiet Friday afternoon in central Myanmar was shattered on March 28, 2025, when a massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake tore through the region. The rupture followed the notorious Sagaing Fault, a strike ...
Within 1.3 seconds, the ground on either side of Myanmar’s Sagaing Fault moved 2.5 meters sideways activity that a security camera caught in real time, providing a unique look at earthquake rupture ...
American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hotspot in the South Pacific Ocean. Its small islands are the tops ...