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The dead zone map that's raising alarm: Natural fault lines that could shift without warning

Most people picture earthquakes as a West Coast problem. California shakes regularly, the news covers it, and residents there ...
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The dead zone map: Why geologists warn against buying homes on these 4 terrifying fault lines

Most homebuyers check school ratings, flood plains, and commute times. Very few pull up a seismic hazard map. That oversight ...
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Scientists create the first global map of rare, deep-mantle earthquakes

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stanford researchers mapped rare mantle earthquakes worldwide, revealing clusters near the Himalayas and the Bering Strait.
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Fluid in the Cascadia Subduction Zone could impact how the region responds to a massive quake, UW finds

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Cascadia Subduction Zone is “unusually quiet,” for a megathrust fault, making it more difficult for scientists to understand its behavior and structure. With help from ...
NBC Los Angeles

This new USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely in the U.S.

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model released ...
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Earthquake Awareness Month: This area of Tennessee is an active seismic zone

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Earthquake Awareness Month is here and it’s a good reminder of the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Most people associate earthquakes with the West Coast, but an area of Tennessee is ...
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Devastating 9.0 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hit West Coast 324 years ago – and it will happen again

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Around 9 p.m. on January 26th, 1700, a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to ...