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

Fault zones are often wide, branching networks rather than narrow lines, requiring a shift to 3D models for better earthquake ...

Identifying long-term seismic activity patterns is crucial for understanding how fault systems evolve, as well as for ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

ELGIN, S.C. (WIS) - There were more tremors in the Midlands overnight in the midst of an ongoing earthquake swarm. According ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 has jolted Turkiye on Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the National Center for Seismology.