The Julian earthquake is worth closer examination not for its size or damage (there was very little), but for a demonstration ...

In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

Seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said this earthquake is likely associated with the Elsinore Fault, which is a branch of the larger San Andreas Fault system. Jones said the depth of the quake was about ...

Southern California is seismically active due to its location on tectonic plate boundaries ... California's most infamous quake remains the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which triggered ...

(Above: Geologist Patrick Abbott, professor emeritus at San Diego State University, appears on FOX 5 to speak about the earthquake on April 14, 2025) SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California is no ...

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In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presents a never-before-seen image of an oceanic transform fault from ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

Being a geophysicist can sometimes feel like being a detective —uncovering clues, and then building a case based on the evidence.