How ‘the big one’ near Seattle could trigger an earthquake in San Francisco

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

Plate Tectonics

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes ...
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Philippine Trench caused Surigao del Norte earthquake —PHIVOLCS

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the Philippine Trench generated the magnitude 6.0 earthquake in General Luna, Surigao del Norte on Friday morning. According to ...

Series of earthquakes recorded in Canary Islands including ‘strongest felt in months’

A series of earthquakes have been recorded in the Canary Islands in recent days including a tremor measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale between the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria on Saturday ...