Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

A lake's sedimentation patterns can refine earthquake-timing estimates for scientists at Yellowstone National Park, writes ...

In recent days, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck the region of Kemalpaşa in Bursa, sparking brief panic among residents. This incident has prompted many locals to turn to Google for information about ...

wars and tensions, as fault lines grind and slip in an increasingly dangerous and confusing multipolar world.

While, in Japan, scientists are drilling thousands of kilometres beneath the seafloor to understand more about the Nankai Trough, an earthquake fault line that threatens the future of Japanese ...

Earthquakes do not kill people, but poorly constructed buildings do. If we observe the 2023 Turkey earthquake (magnitude 7.8), we will see that nearly 53,500 people were killed, mostly due to building ...

As to the science, Rowe said, the quakes have helped shape the landscape of Elko County and Northern Nevada. “Many earthquakes on these faults have ... to find other lines of funding, because ...

ELKO COUNTY ... Daniel Trugman, an assistant professor at the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, said the two largest earthquakes occurred on normal faults. These kind of faults and orientation ...

Biggest Earthquake in History ... Big One with the San Andreas fault, in recent times, geologists (most notably Brian Atwater, Kenji Sitake and Chris Goldfinger) suspect that The Big One will actually ...

The number attributed to an earthquake represents a combination of the distance the fault line has moved and the force that moved it. A tremor of 2.5 or less usually cannot be felt but can be ...