/channels/taxonomy/term/2412/all en /channels/channels/news/montreal-gazette-montreal-ready-big-one-304080 <p>Montreal actually sits on a continental “weak spot,” explained <strong>Christie Rowe</strong>, a professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ƽ���岻�� and the Canada Research Chair in Earthquake Geology, making it prone to seismic activity.</p> <p>“The St. Lawrence lies in a very old fault zone. It’s pretty wide. It goes from the Laurentians basically down to the U.S. border. And the fault formed when the Atlantic Ocean was opening, so hundreds of millions of years ago,” she said. “But faults in continents never fully heal. So it’s always this weak spot.”</p> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:55:29 +0000 webfull 157245 at /channels /channels/news/expert-earthquakes-ecuador-and-japan-260449 <p>Earthquakes struck Japan and Ecuador just hours apart on Saturday April 16, 2016. Were the two earthquakes related?</p> Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:24:23 +0000 webfull 118268 at /channels /channels/news/experts-earthquakes-italia-and-burma-262358 <p>A strong earthquake in central Italy reduced three towns to rubble as people slept early Wednesday, with reports that at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured as rescue crews raced to dig out survivors.” (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/earthquake-italy-1.3733399">CBC</a>)</p> <p>“An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken central Burma, the U.S. Geological Survey says.” (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/burma-myanmar-earthquake-1.3733531">CBC</a>)</p> Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:52:43 +0000 webfull 120822 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-expert-china-earthquake-237807 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 14:18:59 +0000 webfull 103806 at /channels /channels/news/earthquake-experts-248689 Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:48:33 +0000 webfull 109728 at /channels