In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

creeping zone width from surveys of slowly shifting monuments along faults and satellite observations, the locations of ...

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 ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

Seismologists say there have been nearly 100 quakes since a Midlands swarm began in 2021. Daniel Frost at the University of South Carolina said this is one of the larger swarms he studied.

More than 150 people were hospitalized with injuries sustained while trying to jump from buildings, the governor's office in ...

Understanding the earthquake history of a region is key to estimating seismic hazard. To help with this task, Geologists look ...

Istanbul — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude ... "May God protect our country and our people from all kinds of calamities, disasters, accidents and troubles." Mayor Mehmet Ergun Turan ...