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Deep underground forces explain quakes on San Andreas Fault

New study finds major earthquake threat from the Riasi fault in...

Machu Pichu. Detailed mapping indicates the World Heritage Site’s location and layout were dictated by the underlying geological faults. Photo taken 5 Nov. 2010; credit: Rualdo Menegat.

Machu Picchu: Ancient Incan sanctuary intentionally built on faults

Slippery fault unleashed destructive Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami

San Andreas Fault

Some earthquakes on San Andreas Fault triggered by gravitational tug of...

Research calls for rethink of Alpine Fault

A seismogram of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami recorded at Weston Observatory in Massachusetts, USA. Credit: Image from Wikimedia Commons.

Finding faults deeply stressful

California’s San Andreas Fault. The “creeping” central section, subject of a new study, is in yellow. Rock samples from almost 2 miles down were taken at the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth, or SAFOD, marked by the red star. (Adapted from Coffey et al., Geology, 2022)

A slow-motion section of the San Andreas fault may not be...

Research redefines the properties of faults when rock melts

Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

Re-thinking Southern California earthquake scenarios in Coachella Valley, San Andreas Fault

Alpine drilling fault project moves into new phase

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

A fresh surface rupture of the Kekerengu fault, taken 4 days after the Kaikoura earthquake, with lead author Jesse Kearse leaning next to a curved slickenline (the subject of this article). Photo credit - Professor Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington).

Curved slickenlines preserve the direction of rupture propagation

Researchers find complex relationship between major earthquake faulting and mountain building...

Monazite crystals from samples associate professor Sean Regan gathered in the Coast Mountains near Juneau. Images courtesy of Sean Regan

Denali Fault tore apart ancient joining of two landmasses

San Andreas Fault

California’s current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause

Credit: Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0150

New 3D images give never-seen-before views inside New Zealand’s largest fault

Biggest exposed fault on Earth discovered

Carbon dioxide emissions can be securely stored in underground rocks, with minimal possibility of the gas escaping from fault lines back into the atmosphere, research by the University of Edinburgh has shown. Credit: Johannes Miocic

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below...

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