Learn how subduction zones form, drive massive earthquakes, create volcanoes, and shape Earth’s surface through powerful tectonic processes.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone has been quiet for more than three centuries, but that silence is exactly what alarms the ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is quietly loading energy that will one day unleash a megathrust earthquake, and a growing ...

Scientists discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal far faster than expected, sometimes within hours. Slow slip events ...

At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

Earthquake faults located deep within the planet can reconnect after a seismic disturbance, according to new research from the University of ...

Learn how faults beneath the Earth's surface can heal themselves after slowly releasing stress from the movement of tectonic plates.

After the 1975 earthquake, there was a greater emphasis on monitoring the motion of the south flank. Hawaiian Volcano ...

After the 1975 earthquake, there was a greater emphasis on monitoring the motion of the south flank. Hawaiian Volcano ...

Scientists have discovered that deep earthquake faults can heal themselves within hours, acting like “quick-set glue” after slow slip events.

Black swan events have low probability, but very high impact.  Because the frequency, magnitude, and duration of these events are uncertain, it is difficult to plan for resilience, or calculate ...