Earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where six strong quakes of 7.0 magnitude or more struck between 1930 and 1956 ...

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Seismologists have known for years that a devastating earthquake was likely to hit Haiti. They just did not know when. Although Tuesday’s devastation was wreaked by the most severe quake to hit ...

An underwater fault line along the US West Coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California's 'Big One,' a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques ...

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Analysis has also shown that strain is building up across these fault lines. A researcher studying active faults says areas in and around Osaka may have become more prone to major earthquakes as a ...

California, and the entire North American IT industry, is only two inches away from a disaster. That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the potential ...