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Earthquake risk in Canada! Yukon fault shows signs of awakening after 12,000 years, threatening thousands
A recent study confirms that Canada's Tintina fault, stretching across Yukon, is an active seismic hazard, challenging ...
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Earthquakes Canada confirms tremors near Esterhazy caused by mining
Earthquakes Canada classified the tremors as 3.3 on the “moment of magnitude scale,” which measures an earthquake’s size or ...
‘Sleeping Giant’ Fault Under Canada Shows Major Earthquake Potential
The Tintina fault hasn’t produced a large earthquake in 12,000 years, but that could soon change, researchers warn.
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Scientists just found a massive earthquake threat hiding beneath Yukon
A long-forgotten fault in Canada's Yukon Territory has just revealed its dangerous potential. Scientists using cutting-edge ...
Small earthquake recorded in Canada's most seismically active fault zone
The quake occurred along the Queen Charlotte Fault, a right-lateral, strike-slip fault, where the opposite side of it moves to the right, just like the San Andreas Fault in California. The fault marks ...
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Earthquakes Canada confirms a 3.3 magnitude quake for Esterhazy
ESTERHAZY – It has been confirmed that a 3.3 magnitude earthquake impacted Esterhazy on Friday. According to the data from ...
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B.C. megathrust fault confirmed, could trigger more major quakes, tsunamis
Confirming the megathrust fault line off Haida Gwaii offers a path to improve tsunami modelling in a zone that has produced ...
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Canada’s Silent Fault Could Trigger a Massive Earthquake
A fault once thought dormant in Canada’s Yukon Territory may be far more dangerous than anyone believed. New research reveals that the Tintina Fault near Dawson City has experienced several major ...
A Massive Fault Line Was Supposed to Be ‘Dead’. It Sure Seems Like It’s Stirring Again.
The Tintina fault is thought to have been inactive for more than 40 million years, but new research suggests that earthquakes ...
Canada faces mega earthquake, Yukon fault sleeping for 12,000 years could trigger one of the most destructive tremblors in country’s history
Scientists have discovered that the Tintina fault in Yukon, Canada is active. This fault could cause a big earthquake. The ...
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Magnitude 4.0 earthquake recorded off B.C. coast, no damage expected
OTTAWA — A 4.0 magnitude earthquake has hit off the coast of British Columbia. Earthquakes Canada says the quake struck ...
Magnitude 3.9 earthquake recorded off Haida Gwaii, no damage expected
A 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Haida Gwaii in northern British Columbia early Sunday morning.