NORFOLK, Va. — Fault lines are fractures or breaks in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates move past each other, often resulting in earthquakes. These geological features are classified into three ...

Cal State Fullerton geology major Salena Padilla loves to chase earthquakes. The future scientist, an intern at the Southern California Earthquake Center, teamed with faculty mentor Sinan Akçiz and ...

Researchers unveiled a physical model that yields an unprecedented, high-resolution look at the slip rates of faults, which determine the likelihood of earthquakes. In a new paper recently published ...

When a sizable earthquake strikes, experts can explain exactly where it started and what type of fault is involved and maybe even predict how long aftershocks will last. But the strange truth is that ...

A fault slicing across Turkey has long been a textbook example of how tectonic plates grind past one another, yet the headline promise that it is “overturning decades of geology” cannot be verified ...