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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

Geology Page - October 3, 2019

Machu Pichu. Detailed mapping indicates the World Heritage Site’s location and layout were dictated by the underlying geological faults. Photo taken 5 Nov. 2010; credit: Rualdo Menegat.

Machu Picchu: Ancient Incan sanctuary intentionally built on faults

A fresh surface rupture of the Kekerengu fault, taken 4 days after the Kaikoura earthquake, with lead author Jesse Kearse leaning next to a curved slickenline (the subject of this article). Photo credit - Professor Tim Little (Victoria University of Wellington).

Curved slickenlines preserve the direction of rupture propagation

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Folding faults and seismic risk in the Kunlun range, Northwest Tibet

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San Andreas Fault

Signs of 1906 earthquake revealed in mapping of offshore northern San...

Geology Page - March 28, 2019

Carbon dioxide emissions can be securely stored in underground rocks, with minimal possibility of the gas escaping from fault lines back into the atmosphere, research by the University of Edinburgh has shown. Credit: Johannes Miocic

Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below...

Geology Page - January 27, 2019

A cartoon showing how anomalous earthquakes near the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults in southern California work in regions deep below the Earth's surface.

Geoscientists find unexpected ‘deep creep’ near San Andreas, San Jacinto faults

Geology Page - September 19, 2018

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Site of the next major earthquake on the San Andreas Fault?

Geology Page - June 21, 2018

Parkfield Segment, San Andreas fault

Parkfield segment of San Andreas fault may host occasional large earthquakes

Geology Page - November 30, 2017

Three main types of faults

Fault Types : What are the three main types of faults?

Geology Page - October 17, 2017

What Is a Geologic Fault?

Geology Page - October 16, 2017

Study Confirms Large Earthquakes along Olympic Mountain Faults

Geology Page - September 29, 2017

Sampling of the active alpine fault in New Zealand reveals extreme...

Geology Page - August 31, 2017

Earthquakes can make thrust faults open violently and snap shut

Geology Page - May 1, 2017

Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds

Geology Page - February 15, 2017

Alpine Fault theory takes shape

Geology Page - December 12, 2016

Biggest exposed fault on Earth discovered

Geology Page - November 29, 2016

Everest

Entire Himalayan arc can produce large earthquakes

Geology Page - October 26, 2016

San Andreas Fault

Two San Francisco-area earthquake faults found to be connected

Geology Page - October 19, 2016

New fault discovered in earthquake-prone Southern California region

Geology Page - October 4, 2016

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

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