At the Seismological Society of America's Annual Meeting, researchers posed a seemingly simple question: how wide are faults? Using data compiled from single earthquakes across the world, Christie ...

A new kind of earthquake has been detected in western Canada, one that shakes the ground slower and longer than typical seismic events. These earthquakes, recorded during hydraulic fracturing for oil ...

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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 -- ...

A new type of seismic threat is gaining attention among geologists—and it could have serious implications for California. Known as “supershear” earthquakes, these rare but devastating quakes travel ...

As the name suggests, an earthquake is an event that causes the earth to shake. In some cases, an earthquake can be so significant that it cracks open the ground, as well as human-made structures such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A specific type of earthquake that can cause particularly intense shaking is more common than previously believed, some scientists ...

Illustration of the Cascadia subduction zone, a region where the patterns examined in this study play out. (Credit: Carie Frantz, Wikimedia Commons) When we think of earthquakes, we imagine sudden, ...