The 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model โ€“ What's Shaking? | U.S. Geological Survey

No one can predict earthquakes. But existing faults and past earthquakes give us information about future earthquakes, and geology tells us how the ground shakes during an earthquake.

Balanced boulders on San Andreas fault suggest the 'Big One' won't be as destructive as once thought

A cluster of precariously balanced rocks in California hold secret clues to future earthquakes near Los Angeles.

Live Science
Tree Rings Reveal A New Kind Of Earthquake Threat To The Pacific Northwest
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https://phys.org/news/2023-09-tree-reveal-kind-earthquake-threat.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh4973 <-- shared paper
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[as someone who has dove many, many times in the PNW, I am not sure I want that collection task ~wink~ ]
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Tree rings reveal a new kind of earthquake threat to the Pacific Northwest

In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Turkey-Syria border, followed by one nearly as large nine hours later. Shallow faults less than 18 miles beneath the surface buckled and ruptured, causing violent focused quakes that leveled thousands of buildings and killed tens of thousands.

Phys.org