A study on tectonic plates that converge on the Tibetan Plateau has shown that Earth's fault lines are far weaker and the ...

The Earth's crust may have something in common with a lot of people: It tends to be lazy, at least when it comes to moving along certain types of seismic faults, new research says. Using a special ...

Ground fissures and tectonic faults represent critical structural features within sedimentary basins, where the interplay of regional stress fields, depositional environments and, at times, human ...

Using an unprecedented amount of high-resolution satellite data, researchers have found that Earth’s fault lines are far weaker—and continents far less rigid—than long-standing geological models ...

What is ground-fault protection? The answer depends on whether you are talking about ground-fault protection of equipment or ground-fault protection of people. Just because ground-fault protection is ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – From up top looking down towards the scaling ground of Portland, you’ll notice we are definitely not flat. Faults surrounding our communities may be driving the land up or ...

The Calaveras Fault doesn’t have the same celebrity status as its more famous siblings, the San Andreas and Hayward Faults. But Tuesday’s 5.1 earthquake was a reminder of the powerful pent-up energy ...