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Map Shows US Cities Most Vulnerable to Earthquakes in 2025
It was given a ranking of 24. The fourth-most vulnerable county on the list, Shelby County in Tennessee, is located near the New Madrid Seismic Zone and is home to Memphis. The study ranked the ...
New study shows how massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake would completely remake the Pacific coastline
New research shows that in minutes after the earthquake hits, coastal areas of California, Oregon and Washington could drop ...
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Earthquakes and flood zones: Hidden risks in the Pacific Northwest
A major earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could sink land and expand flood zones, putting thousands more at risk.
Map Shows Wave Path as Tsunami Warning Issued after Argentina Quake
A small tsunami has arrived in Antarctica, and residents of Southern Chile and Southern Argentina are evacuating.
How wide are faults? Earthquake study reveals fault zones are sprawling networks, not single strands
At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?
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A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake could cause increase West Coast flood risk, study finds
A major earthquake waiting to strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone isn’t the only natural disaster looming in the Pacific ...
Major chunk of Pacific coast from California to Canada will sink into the sea if mega-earthquake hits this spot, doomsday study warns
This should have West Coasters shaking in their shoes.
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Are You in an Earthquake “Danger Zone?” Concerning New Research Challenges Past Data on Earthquake Faults
Scientists say the size of earthquake faults may have been previously underestimated, extending potentially dangerous ...
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A Major Cascadia Zone Earthquake Could Cause Much of Coastal Humboldt to Rapidly Drop Into the Sea, New Study Finds
The study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake ...