If a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is correct, that town or one of many others in the region could be rocked by a major earthquake pretty much at any moment. The source of the ...

Learn about the Tintina fault, which has been stirring for thousands of years and may hit the Yukon Territory with a major ...

Is it possible for a fault line, silent for millennia, to suddenly awaken with catastrophic force? That is the question now ringing out among Canada’s earthquake scientists, in the wake of a shocking ...

A major fault in Canada’s Yukon Territory, long thought dormant, has shown signs of recent seismic activity. A new study from the (UVic) has brought attention to a newly identified seismic threat in ...

The Tintina fault has triggered many more earthquakes than was thought — and a build-up of strain poses a hazard.

Canadian scientists have warned that an overlooked fault line could unleash catastrophic earthquakes across North America — disrupting infrastructure, triggering landslides and impacting thousands of ...

The new study reveals more recent activity along the Tintina fault, which stretches about 600 miles, from northeastern ...

The Earth is always moving. Here’s a less comforting one: Sometimes it moves violently — and Interior Alaska might be overdue.

New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...

Large or shallow quakes can rupture Earth’s surface, creating a linear feature in the land known as a fault scrap. This ...