When an ancient and smooth seismic fault releases all its energy at once, the consequences are spectacular. The magnitude 7.7 ...
New research from USC shows that variations in underground temperature and sediment thickness segment the Main Marmara Fault ...
Scientists are using the cutting-edge satellite technology from the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NASIR) to rethink how ...
"Over that vast time, the rough edges and bends in the fault have been ground down," first author Eric Lindsey, a ...
At the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest, one tectonic plate is moving underneath another. New experimental work at UC Davis shows how rocks on faults deep in the Earth can cement ...
The quake, which struck near the Alaska-Yukon border on Dec. 6, has helped geologists confirm a decades-old hypothesis: it’s ...
When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...
On Friday morning, San Ramon experienced a series of minor earthquakes, igniting concern and curiosity among residents. This article will explore the details of the ...