Geological faults hold many secrets that may help us answer important questions about the nature of our planet and what ...

Examples of strike-slip faults on (a) San Andreas Fault (Google Maps satellite image), (b) Ganymede (Galileo SSI), (c) and Titan (Titan Cassini SAR-HiSAR Global Mosaic). (a) San Andreas Fault (Google ...

Dramatic CCTV video of fault slip during a recent large earthquake in Myanmar thrilled both scientists and casual observers when it was posted to YouTube. But it was on his fifth or sixth viewing, ...

Our fault system is what is known as a "slip-strike" fault, Bürgmann said - meaning these tectonic plates "move horizontally" against each other. "In this case, the Pacific plate moves towards the ...

The magnitude of an earthquake depends on how far a rupture travels along a fault line before it stops. For the first time, we have now directly observed how a large earthquake comes to a halt. By ...