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Seismic pressure is building along the Tintina fault line, stretching from Canada's Yukon Territory to Alaska.
Learn about the Tintina fault, which has been stirring for thousands of years and may hit the Yukon Territory with a major ...
The new study reveals more recent activity along the Tintina fault, which stretches about 600 miles, from northeastern ...
Canadian scientists have warned that an overlooked fault line could unleash catastrophic earthquakes across North America — disrupting infrastructure, triggering landslides and impacting thousands of ...
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 Earth is always moving. Here’s a less comforting one: Sometimes it moves violently — and Interior Alaska might be overdue.
Researchers at the University of Victoria found that the previously overlooked Tintina Fault could pose a hazard to the ...
The Tintina fault has triggered many more earthquakes than was thought — and a build-up of strain poses a hazard.
New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...
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 ...
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.