Researchers in the Science Advances journal have found a "megathrust fault" that could cause severe damage to all countries ...

Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are ...

Disaster-related deaths exceeded 220 in the 2016 quake disaster in Kumamoto Prefecture and topped 240 in the Noto Peninsula ...

Indonesia also has several megathrust zones—areas along tectonic plate boundaries prone to generating large earthquakes like the 2004 Aceh event. There are 13 identified megathrust zones near ...

There’s a 37% chance that a dreaded “megathrust” earthquake will rock Oregon within the next 50 years. How is the Beaver ...

Loma Prieta has become an event of the distant past, while future tectonic disasters are sorely overlooked." With a record 15 seismic earthquake sequences occurring in Southern California just this ...

As seen in the Indian Ocean in 2004, and in Japan in 2011, subduction zones are known to produce some of the largest earthquakes on the planet: “megathrust” events that can quickly send ...

Forecasting the size of future megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis by exploiting the new technology of offshore and onshore geophysical observations. We aim to assess the potential for megathrust ...

12/23/2024 December 23, 2024 Twenty years ago the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami swept across Asia, causing death and destruction. And scientists are warning that the next big quake is overdue. DW ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! n Dec. 26, 2004, at ...