An area in the Pacific Northwest lies on a 'subduction' zone where a tectonic plate slides underneath the North American plate. Subduction zones produce the world's largest earthquakes.

KTLA California Interactive Earthquake Map So far, there have been no reports ... according to the USGS. In North America, only Alaska records more quakes per year than California.

A pair of earthquakes, including a 3.3 magnitude ... according to the USGS. In North America, only Alaska records more quakes per year than California. Drop: Immediately drop down onto your ...

Latest California Earthquakes. Please wait a moment for map to load. Use controls or ... according to the USGS. In North America, only Alaska records more quakes per year than California.

In California, the North American plate and the Pacific ... geophysicists have created a seismic hazard map, showing the chances of a damaging earthquake shaking in the next 100 years.

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killing more than 18,000 people and wiping entire towns off the map. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was located about 97 kilometres from the earthquake epicentre. The nuclear plant’s ...

Map of California earthquake fault lines. USGS ... is the boundary between the Pacific Plate and North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving northwest with respect to the North American Plate at ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening skyscrapers and leaving more than 1,000 people dead from Myanmar to Thailand.

A massive 7.7 earthquake originating in Myanmar has collapsed buildings over 600 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.