Rock Fractures a Symptom and Not a Cause of the Vibrations Felt. Share full article. HIRAM W. HIXON. April 29, 1906; Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Strong earthquakes may fracture bedrock in a way that amplifies shaking during subsequent seismic events, increasing the chances of future rockslides and other quake-linked hazards, researchers find.

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Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock ...

A sealed rock fracture almost 50 feet below ground has remained home to microbes for the last 2 billion years—the oldest life ever discovered in such conditions. The nearly 1-foot sample ...

Thursdays 7.0 happened along the Mendocino Fracture Zone, where the Gorda and Pacific plates touch, Reed said. The zone’s ridge stretches in a horizontal line for more than 3,000 miles out to sea.