The cycle of sudden earthquakes and slow plate movement makes it difficult for scientists to create a single computer model that accurately combines all of these features. Seismic cycles and long ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic ... The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific ...

“These types of earthquakes are less likely to cause tsunami because their movement is primarily horizontal ... and a Cascadia magnitude 9.0 scenario. Simulations of that scenario show its ...