Sebagian besar gempa merusak mengelompok di sepanjang segelintir sistem tektonik raksasa. Ada megathrust subduksi yang sedang menabung energi untuk magnitudo 9. Ada sesar transform yang bergeser menyamping. Ada pula kaldera vulkanik yang permukaan tanahnya naik dan turun. Pilih satu zona untuk melihat cara kerjanya, gempa yang sedang terjadi di sana, dan cara mendapatkan peringatan sebelum gempa besar berikutnya.
North America
Yellowstone
Wyoming, USA
Yellowstone’s real everyday hazard is steam, not a super-volcano.
Lihat aktivitas langsungLong Valley Caldera
Eastern California, USA
A caldera can swell and shake for forty years without erupting.
Lihat aktivitas langsungCascadia Subduction Zone
Pacific Northwest, USA and Canada
Cascadia looks calm - and that is exactly the worry.
Lihat aktivitas langsungNew Madrid Seismic Zone
Central United States
Some of America’s biggest quakes happened nowhere near a plate boundary.
Lihat aktivitas langsungOklahoma
Central United States
A state with almost no history of quakes became one of the shakiest.
Lihat aktivitas langsungMexican Pacific Coast
Middle America Trench
A strong offshore quake here is never just a dot on the map.
Lihat aktivitas langsungSan Andreas Fault
California, USA
Parts of the San Andreas creep along quietly - others are stuck fast.
Lihat aktivitas langsungSouth America
Europe
Campi Flegrei
Bay of Naples, Italy
Near Naples, the ground literally rises and falls.
Lihat aktivitas langsungReykjanes Peninsula
Southwest Iceland
Some earthquake swarms here are magma ripping the ground open.
Lihat aktivitas langsungMarmara Sea
North Anatolian Fault, Turkey
One fault has been failing westward, quake by quake, toward Istanbul.
Lihat aktivitas langsungHellenic Arc and the Aegean
Greece and Santorini
The Aegean is the most seismically active region in Europe.
Lihat aktivitas langsungAsia
Nankai Trough
Off southern Japan
Off southern Japan, the seafloor is quietly winding up for a giant.
Lihat aktivitas langsungHimalayan Front
Nepal and northern India
India is still ramming into Asia - and the Himalaya takes the strain.
Lihat aktivitas langsungTokyo and the Sagami Trough
Kanto region, Japan
Tokyo sits where three tectonic plates meet.
Lihat aktivitas langsungKamchatka and the Kuril Arc
Russian Far East
One of the busiest subduction zones on the planet - quakes and volcanoes together.
Lihat aktivitas langsungMiddle East
Oceania
Ingin rekor untuk satu tempat tertentu, bukan seluruh sistem? Cek risiko gempa dan bencana menurut lokasi, jelajahi Cincin Api Pasifik, atau telusuri gempa menurut negara.