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Figure 1. Left: Subduction zones along the Pacific coast of Japan Source: USGS. Right: Cross section showing the fault plane of the 16 March 2022 earthquake within the subducting Pacific plate in the red rectangle and the fault plane of the 11 March 2011 earthquake on the Okhotsk – Pacific plate interface in blue. Source: Toda and Stein, 2022.
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The Mw 7.3 Fukushima, Japan Earthquake of 16 March 2022

A magnitude Mw 7.3 earthquake occurred at a depth of 63 km within the...
Confluence of Risks Nuclear War and Global Existential Threats - Risk Frontiers
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Confluence of Concerns about the Risk of Nuclear War

Rising extinction risk is increasingly driven by human-made threats, especially emerging technologies like AI....
Figure 1. Near real time earthquake location map showing the locations of the September 22 and 29, 2023 earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.2 and 2.1 respectively, accessed from earthquakes.ga.gov.au at that time
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Global earthquake detection and warning using Android phones

Global earthquake detection and warning using Android phones As noted by Allen et al....

Proposed changes to Earthquake Prone Building Policy NZ - Risk Frontiers
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Proposed changes to the earthquake-prone building (EPB) system in New Zealand

On 29 September 2025, the New Zealand Government proposed legislative changes aimed at making...
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Bill McKibben’s Vision: The Energy Future Is Already Here

Bill McKibben’s Vision: The Energy Future Is Already Here For decades, renewable energy existed...

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The 30 July 2025 M 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake: was it foreseeable?

The 30 July 2025 M 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake: was it foreseeable? An M 8.8...

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Onshore Relocation of the 1918 Bundaberg Earthquake

Onshore Relocation of the 1918 Bundaberg Earthquake Paul Somerville Southeastern Queensland was struck by...

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The 2023 Update of the Australian National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA23)

The 2023 Update of the Australian National Seismic Hazard Assessment (NSHA23) Paul Somerville, Jacob...

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The first triggering of a mega-earthquake advisory in Japan​

The first triggering of a mega-earthquake advisory in Japan Paul Somerville Issuance of a...

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M 3.6 Blue Mountains earthquake of 8 March 2024.

M 3.6 Blue Mountains earthquake of 8 March 2024. Paul Somerville, Risk Frontiers An...

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Cause of Recent Earthquakes in the Otway and Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria

Cause of Recent Earthquakes in the Otway and Strzelecki Ranges, Victoria Paul Somerville, Chief...

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The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster than the Global Average

The Arctic is Warming Four Times Faster than the Global Average Paul Somerville, Maxime...