Earthquake faults deep in Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led by ...

As observed in Lesson 3, at low pressures and temperatures rock is a brittle material that will fail by fracture if the stresses become sufficiently large. When a lateral displacement takes place on a ...

On March 28, a devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Myanmar. By chance, one camera caught a rare video, capturing the moment when the ground cracked and shifted in opposite directions. CCTV ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Is California's most volatile fault line ready to rumble? A new analysis of GPS data has revealed new areas of motion up and down the roughly 800-mile-long fault that extends ...

An array of GPS instruments near the San Andreas Fault system in Southern California detects constant motion of Earth’s crust—sometimes large, sudden motion during an earthquake and often subtle, ...

A new study released by the University of Hawaii Manoa reveals "large-scale" motion around the San Andreas Fault in California. The fault runs most of the length of California, and is responsible for ...

The violent earthquake that struck western India yesterday was born from ponderous but powerful forces deep underground that move entire continents. In many ways, the quake was similar to the deadly ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...