In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 has struck Afghanistan, as reported by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).The earthquake ...

A mild earthquake of magnitude 2.4 struck Kishtwar district in Jammu & Kashmir early on April 16, 2025. According to the NCS, ...

Creating new unitary councils could disrupt some of the biggest social care systems in the country, writes an independent ...

Afghanistan sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat.

The place is so peaceful that you’d hardly guess that the San Andreas Fault, that tumultuous collision of two vast tectonic plates ... bought right on the fault line. “It’s all basalt ...

The world's highest mountain range - the Himalayas - is a testament to the power of plate tectonics ... Mandalay and surrounding settlements. A fault line along that Indian-Eurasian plate ...

Myanmar’s location between two tectonic plates – the India and Eurasia ... While some regions of the world along active fault lines, including California and Japan, have building codes ...

The country sits on numerous fault lines between the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates, with a fault line also running directly through Herat. An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 on the Richter ...