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

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 ...

with the largest exceeding magnitude 4.0. Prior to Monday's earthquake, the fault line near Yerington had recorded thousands of smaller tremors, according to the Nevada Seismological Lab.

how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie Rowe of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno and Alex Hatem of the U.S ...