Taking a fault’s temperature

San Andreas Fault

Deep underground forces explain quakes on San Andreas Fault

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons)

The ripple effect of small earthquakes near major faults

Biggest exposed fault on Earth discovered

Analysis of recent earthquake sequence reveals geologic fault, epicenters in Irving...

The modern Seattle fault zone cuts directly through the densely populated Puget lowlands, including Seattle and its metro area. Fifty million years ago, the continent tore in two here, setting the geologic stage for the modern faults, according to a new Tectonics study. Credit: Washington Geological Survey.

A new origin story for deadly Seattle fault

San Andreas Fault Zone

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

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

San Andreas Fault

California’s current earthquake hiatus is an unlikely pause

Geologists shed light on formation of Alaska Range

Ventura fault could cause stronger shaking, new research finds

The new study in Geophysical Research Letters shows a previously undiscovered change in tectonic plate thickness across the Denali Fault in Alaska impacts where it is located, shedding light on how major faults and earthquakes occur. Credit: Isabella Gama and Karen Fischer.

Researchers uncover secrets on how Alaska’s Denali Fault formed

Study links earthquake faults to slow-moving depths

Maximum observed earthquake magnitudes along continental transform faults

Monazite crystals from samples associate professor Sean Regan gathered in the Coast Mountains near Juneau. Images courtesy of Sean Regan

Denali Fault tore apart ancient joining of two landmasses

Study Confirms Large Earthquakes along Olympic Mountain Faults

San Andreas Fault

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

Drilling Into an Active Earthquake Fault in New Zealand

Using a method to better locate the source of weak tremors from regions with complex geological features, researchers found that many tremors originate from the shear zone, an area of high fluid pressure, in the Nankai Trough, which is schematically shown here with structures of tectonic plates and fault lines.

Making sense of commotion under the ocean to locate tremors near...

Geologists shed light on formation of Alaska Range

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