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The new study reveals more recent activity along the Tintina fault, which stretches about 600 miles, from northeastern ...
Seismic pressure is building along the Tintina fault line, stretching from Canada's Yukon Territory to Alaska.
A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.
Canadian scientists have warned that an overlooked fault line could unleash catastrophic earthquakes across North America — ...
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 ...
Learn about the Tintina fault, which has been stirring for thousands of years and may hit the Yukon Territory with a major ...
The Earth is always moving. Here’s a less comforting one: Sometimes it moves violently — and Interior Alaska might be overdue.
The Tintina fault has triggered many more earthquakes than was thought — and a build-up of strain poses a hazard.
Researchers found high-resolution evidence of a future earthquake threat.
The Tintina Fault slices through the southern third of the Yukon Territory. It then disappears for a bit before it connects with the Rocky Mountain Trench, a similar-but-longer feature that ...
Using high-resolution data from satellites, airplanes and drones, UVic researchers have uncovered evidence of large prehistoric earthquakes on a major fault line in the Yukon Territory, raising the ...
The Tintina Fault hints at an answer to Becker’s question, Gillis said. “When a mineral trend abruptly ends at a fault, sometimes the best thing to do is to look sideways,” he said.