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The new study reveals more recent activity along the Tintina fault, which stretches about 600 miles, from northeastern ...
A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.
Seismic pressure is building along the Tintina fault line, stretching from Canada's Yukon Territory to Alaska.
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 ...
Learn about the Tintina fault, which has been stirring for thousands of years and may hit the Yukon Territory with a major ...
The Tintina fault has triggered many more earthquakes than was thought — and a build-up of strain poses a hazard.
Large or shallow quakes can rupture Earth’s surface, creating a linear feature in the land known as a fault scrap. This ...
The Earth is always moving. Here’s a less comforting one: Sometimes it moves violently — and Interior Alaska might be overdue.
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 ...
Over millions of years, the Tintina Fault has moved gold-bearing rocks from Canada into Interior Alaska. The Yukon River, as it enters Alaska, somewhat follows the trace of the Tintina Fault.