Seismologists Discover Hidden Faults Beneath One of the U.S.'s Biggest Earthquake Hotspots ...

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Off the rugged north coast of California, one of the most seismically volatile corners of the United States is yielding a new and unsettling secret. By tracking swarms of earthquakes far too small for ...

The Mendocino Triple Junction is the meeting point of three tectonic plates. Using data from tiny earthquakes, researchers at USGS, UC Davis and CU Boulder propose a new model for this seismic zone.

One of the most terrifying discoveries for the US population in general has just been made off the north coast of California.

It could trigger "devastating" major earthquakes, say scientists. Study co-author Professor Amanda Thomas, of the University of California, Davis, said: “If we don’t understand the underlying tectonic ...