“Based on other studies of global subduction zones, we know these are the conditions that appear to be associated with the ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating powerful earthquakes. The study found compact sediments along the coast of Washington and northern Oregon, a result that suggests that the ...

The result: the world's greatest earthquakes ... Scientists have long been working to understand the Cascadia Subduction Zone ...

A new paper warns that an Atlantic Ring of Fire could form in the next 20 million years as new subduction zones invade the ...

This study, published in Earth and Planetary Physics, explores the subduction thermal state, slab metamorphism, and seismic ...

More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip over and under each other — can push land to open or close oceans. Researchers found that an inactive subduction zone under the ...

A subduction zone, composed of the deep Aleutian Trench coupled with a landward line of volcanoes, creates a series of offshore islands (the Aleutians) as well as a line of volcanoes along the ...

Three earthquakes struck Indonesia on Tuesday, with a 5.5-magnitude tremor hitting North Sumatra province in the morning, and ...

Huang says finding active areas of subduction zones where earthquakes tend to occur, and examining why earthquakes occur in these areas, can help researchers devise better earthquake warning systems.