As concluded in Lesson 4, earthquakes are associated with displacements on faults. Faults lock and a displacement occurs when the stress across the fault builds up to a sufficient level to cause ...

Seismologists are closely monitoring California's fault lines as concerns grow about the possibility that the "Big One" could happen soon. The "Big One" refers to a massive earthquake that could occur ...

SEATTLE — As the death toll rises from Nepal’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake, new research from the University of Washington shows that a similar fault off the Pacific Northwest coast is so weak and ...

Earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault in California are being triggered by winter rain and snowfall, scientists have discovered. The finding is important as it helps us understand what triggers ...

The San Andreas Fault is a continental right-lateral strike‑slip transform fault stretching roughly 1,200 km in California. It marks the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American Plates ...