Outside the region, the L’Aquila earthquake is famous not so much for the devastation that it caused as for the legal battle that ensued, one that essentially put the science of earthquake ...

Earthquakes that occur on this fault are known strike-slip quakes, in which one block of land moves horizontally ... University of Michigan, told Live Science. "The reason for that is that the ...

Using rock samples collected from the Wasatch Fault, geoscientists combined experiments and analysis with examinations of fault rock textures. The team's research revealed significant clues about the ...