A series of moderate earthquakes rattled the waters off Northern California and southern Oregon early Thursday near the ...
Earthquakes near Mendocino Triple Junction shake waters off Northern California with no tsunami or major damage.
California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing ...
The Mendocino Triple Junction off the coast of Northern California is the point where three tectonic plates meet. A new study reveals at least five moving pieces deep below the Earth's surface make up ...
The Gulf of California occupies a young oblique-divergent plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates diverge and slide past one another. Beginning in the mid-Miocene, rifting ...
The puzzle pieces of Earth’s rocky crust are slowly and steadily moving — a process known as plate tectonics. These dynamic movements helped to create the habitats and climate that fostered the ...
The Mendocino Triple Junction is the meeting point of three tectonic plates. Using data from tiny earthquakes, researchers at USGS, UC Davis and CU Boulder propose a new model for this seismic zone.