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Seismic activity of New Zealand’s alpine fault more complex than suspected

Geology Page - December 4, 2020

San Andreas Fault

Deep underground forces explain quakes on San Andreas Fault

Graduate student Mike Duvall is pictured here in southeastern Nepal during fieldwork in 2017. Image credit: John Waldron

Scientists discover fault system in southeastern Nepal

San Andreas Fault Zone

Chance of big San Andreas earthquake increased by Ridgecrest temblors, study suggests

Fig. 1 Map of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake and surrounding area. (A) Transpressional tectonic setting of the northeastern South Island of New Zealand. (B) Map of surface ruptures from the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, shown in bold black lines with the Papatea fault in red (8, 28). Dots represent scaled relative energy release from back-projection results (15) and are colored by time since rupture onset. Mapped active faults that did not rupture during the Kaikōura event are indicated by thin black lines (28). Credit: Science Advances 02 Oct 2019: Vol. 5, no. 10, eaax5703, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax5703

Unusual fault rupture during Kaikōura quake

How Nature’s ‘Dislocations’ Occur

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

Slow slip events can trigger earthquakes

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

Study Finds Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

Geology Page - September 16, 2016

Taking a fault’s temperature

Geology Page - September 16, 2016

Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

Geology Page - September 9, 2016

Researchers find complex relationship between major earthquake faulting and mountain building...

Geology Page - August 23, 2016

Better understanding post-earthquake fault movement

Geology Page - July 19, 2016

San Andreas Fault

Some earthquakes on San Andreas Fault triggered by gravitational tug of...

Geology Page - July 19, 2016

Earthquake prediction: An innovative technique for monitoring submarine faults

Geology Page - July 14, 2016

San Andreas Fault

New analysis reveals large-scale motion around San Andreas Fault System

Geology Page - June 21, 2016

New study finds major earthquake threat from the Riasi fault in...

Geology Page - May 18, 2016

Rainwater may play an important role in the process that triggers...

Geology Page - April 28, 2016

Earth Observatory of Singapore show that slow fault movements may indicate...

Geology Page - April 5, 2016

Faults control the amount of water flowing into the Earth during...

Geology Page - March 8, 2016

Researchers find that earthquakes on thrust faults can spread 10 times...

Geology Page - February 9, 2016

Can slow creep along thrust faults help forecast megaquakes?

Geology Page - February 5, 2016

What do lentils have to do with geology?

Geology Page - January 27, 2016

Scientists pinpoint unbroken section of Nepal fault line and show why...

Geology Page - January 12, 2016

Maximum observed earthquake magnitudes along continental transform faults

Geology Page - December 8, 2015

Research calls for rethink of Alpine Fault

Geology Page - September 2, 2015

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