At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: 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. Geological Survey sought ...

Kahramanmaraş earthquake struck southern Turkey and Syria along the East Anatolian Fault. The magnitude 7.8 quake and its ...

Earthquake fault mapping reveals hidden risks in Turkey & Syria The post Earthquake Fault Mapping Reveals Hidden Risks in ...

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 ...

Newly discovered aseismic events triggered by the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake may represent a mode of fault slip between ...

Shallow earthquakes are generally more dangerous than deep earthquakes. This is because the seismic waves from shallow ...

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings built to withstand temblors ...

1:250,000 active faults were obtained from Emre ... scholars quickly understand the characteristics of surface ruptures caused by strong earthquakes abroad. Finally, the group argued that the ...