Here we use numerical simulations, constrained by drainage patterns observed in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, to analyse the response of river basins to distributed plate tectonic strain.

Induced earthquakes generate significantly lower shaking than tectonic earthquakes with comparable magnitudes, except within 10 km of the epicenter, according to a study to be published online ...

The tremor, with its epicenter in Tingri County ... from the unending collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a process responsible for forming the mighty Himalayas.