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. Geological Survey sought ...

At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults?

Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 ...

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A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 1,650 ... the epicentre - they radiate out from the whole line of the fault," he added. Fatalities could range between 10,000 and 100,000 ...

While not a household name like the San Andreas, the Elsinore fault is part of a larger seismic zone that experts fear and ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, Geologists look for clues about prehistoric earthquakes at the bottom of lakes in the ...

Why was the Mandalay quake felt in Bangkok? The earthquake along the Sagaing Fault exemplifies the concept of transboundary ...

Fourteen years after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power is being rebranded as a climate savior, and fission is in fashion.

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 ...

The best practices for survival during an earthquake depend on where you are in the world. Building codes in regions with active fault lines are often designed to withstand earthquakes ...

No injuries or damages have been reported following the California earthquakes. The latest quake came from the San Andreas fault that spans 800 miles up and down California, which experts fear is ...