The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes shocked inhabitants of the western island of Kyushu, causing hundreds of casualties and serious damage to vital infrastructure. The epicenter of the quake was traced to ...

A recent study has revealed extensive data on how strike-slip faults develop over time and eventually cause earthquakes at the Earth's surface. Researchers coined the movement of two plates in a ...

Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and have worked out how it formed. Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the ...

Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out how it formed. Lead researcher Dr Jonathan Pownall from The Australian National ...

Extending for 800 miles, the earthquake-prone San Andreas Fault in southern California has been relatively quiet lately. Deep below the surface, along the fault, however, there are hundreds of ...

A swarm of nearly 200 small earthquakes shook Southern California in area of the shallow, inland Salton Sea last week. At the same time, scientists published their recent discovery of a potentially ...

In March 2025, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar, marking the strongest seismic event in over a century. A nearby CCTV camera captured the fault's rupture in real time, revealing a 2.5 ...

The Calaveras Fault doesn’t have the same celebrity status as its more famous siblings, the San Andreas and Hayward Faults. But Tuesday’s 5.1 earthquake was a reminder of the powerful pent-up energy ...

Venezuela is still reeling from the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that has left widespread destruction across parts of the country, with collapsed buildings, damaged infrastructure, and rescue ...

Ahmedabad: Why are areas such as Kutch more prone to frequent earthquakes in Gujarat? The answer lies deep within the Earth's crust – multiple fault lines and deformations interact with each other ...

A new study has attributed the root cause of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes to specific geological damage. A relatively large dip-slip displacement was discovered at the site. The Futagawa strike-slip ...