Rock rheology governs the deformation of rocks in reaction to forces within the Earth's interior. Rheology is the scientific ...

It's a mystery of earthquakes that takes a deadly toll on humans: faults buried several miles deep in Earth's crust breed more damaging earthquakes than their surface counterparts. Over the years, ...

Riley Stearns' feature debut Faults is a taught and charismatic work, and also the latest film to tackle the subject of cults in a quietly earnest way. Like Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and Sean ...

Daniel Trugman, assistant professor in the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL), and Avigyan Chatterjee, doctoral student in the NSL, have published a research article in the journal Nature about how ...

A small fault lying between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults provides evidence for past earthquakes that involved both major faults. Geologists Tom Rockwell (San Diego State) and Michael Oskin ...

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 ...

Faults along Los Angeles’ power grid surged in the same locations where three of this week’s massive wildfires are raging, a company that monitors electrical activity said. Whisker Labs recorded sharp ...

When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, violent shaking. But deep beneath the Earth’s surface, some faults move in near silence. These slow, shuffling slips and their accompanying hum — ...