The geometric structure of rocks where earthquakes occur could play a key role in determining their location and strength, researchers have found. A study, carried out by geologists at Brown ...

The Mendocino Triple Junction off the coast of Northern California is the point where three tectonic plates meet. A new study reveals at least five moving pieces deep below the Earth's surface make up ...

Readers ask: “Where exactly is the Balcones Fault?” And while we’re at it, “What precisely is the Balcones Escarpment?” Excellent questions. Even some old-timers can’t tell you exactly where these two ...

A new study shines a light on a system of earthquake faults in the San Francisco Bay Area that most residents don’t even know exists. The Foothill Thrust Belt faults are deep under Silicon Valley, and ...

The epicentre of Morocco’s devastating earthquake on 8 September was in the High Atlas Mountains, about 71km south-west of Marrakesh. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jesús ...

A major California fault once thought to be stable is quietly shifting beneath neighborhoods, schools, and it could lead to a powerful quake with no warning. A new US geological (USGS) survey showed ...

"Whenever we go out and make these kinds of EM measurements, we see the seafloor through a different lens, and it almost always changes our views on the processes that shape the earth," explained Rob ...

The California Geological Survey released new earthquake fault zone maps in late September – and San Diego-area homeowners may be surprised to learn their property sits atop a fault. A press release ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presents a never-before-seen image of an oceanic transform fault from ...

One of the most terrifying discoveries for the US population in general has just been made off the north coast of California. Scientists have found geological faults that had remained hidden in the ...